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Whenever A judges that x-ing is morally wrong and B not wrong, we think they disagree. The two standard types of accounts such moral disagreements both presuppose the class wrong-judgments uniform, though in different ways. According to belief account, disagreement doxastic: have beliefs with conflicting cognitive contents. This presupposes “belief-uniformity”: content concepts invariant a way ...

Medical case reports (MCRs) have been undervalued in the literature to date. It seems that while case series emphasize what is probable, case reports describe what is possible and what can go wrong. MCRs transfer medical knowledge and act as educational tools. We outline evolving aspects of the MCR in current practice.

1. INTRODUCTION. It has become a truism, at least among statisticians, that while statistics is a mathematical science, it is not a subfield of mathematics. We even have apho-risms to express some ways in which our science differs from mathematics. George Box: " All models are wrong, but some are useful. " George Cobb: " In mathematics, context obscures structure. In data analysis, context prov...

A popular approach to significance testing proposes to decide whether the given hypothesized statistical model is likely to be true (or false). Statistical decision theory provides a basis for this approach by requiring every significance test to make a decision about the truth of the hypothesis/model under consideration. Unfortunately, many interesting and useful models are obviously false (th...

Guidance from NHS England that doctors may lawfully use video assessments during the pandemic to decide whether patients should be detained in hospital under Mental Health Act was wrong, two High Court judges have ruled.1 The act makes it a legal requirement must “personally examine” patient before recommending detention. A code of practice requires “direct personal examination and their menta...