the article of marc jamoulle shows the importance of the contribution of general practitioners (gps) in improving the quality and the efficiency of the health systems. starting from the concept of quaternary prevention for reducing excessive costs in the preventive procedures, he suggests a change of paradigm in every daily activity of the gp in order to have a stronger ethical approach to the ...

The standard paradigm for mental causation is a person’s acting for a reason. Something happens she intentionally φ’s the occurrence of which we explain by citing a relevant belief or desire. In the present context, I simply take for granted the following two conditions on the appropriateness of this explanation. First, the agent φ’s because she believes/desires what we say she does, where this...

ii To my husband Peter for his patience and love To my parents for their continual support and unconditional love To my family, friends and classmates To my mentors and committee for their guidance and support iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Marcos Vargas for his unconditional availability, caring support, encouragement and his desire to share his knowled...

There was a young lady of Kent Whose nose was awfully bent. She followed her nose One day, I suppose, And no one knows which way she went. A typical Limerick? I think that this one portrays an allegorical situation reminiscent of the pursuit along the way 'Toward a Science of Consciousness'. The route the young lady set out on appeared to be so twisting, winding, meandering, sinuous, and tortuo...

Intentions have been widely studied in AI, both in the context of decision-making within individual agents and in multiagent systems. Work on intentions in multi-agent systems has focused on joint intention models, which characterise the mental state of agents with a shared goal engaged in teamwork. In the absence of shared goals, however, intentions play another crucial role in multi-agent act...

We report a case of an adult married Muslim female from an orthodox background having sexual obsessions about males other than her husband and her 7 year-old son. She developed diminished sexual desire to have sex with her husband as a result of her obsessions. The role of sexual obsessions in sexual dysfunction in females is discussed.

The article of Marc Jamoulle shows the importance of the contribution of general practitioners (GPs) in improving the quality and the efficiency of the health systems. Starting from the concept of quaternary prevention for reducing excessive costs in the preventive procedures, he suggests a change of paradigm in every daily activity of the GP in order to have a stronger ethical approach to the ...