Eve Marder believes that many of the most important events in our lives, both personal and professional, depend to some degree on luck or chance.

The need for people to keep their genetic data confidential is crucial to help exploit medical advances, a key British Committee believes. Nigel Williams reports.

Epistemologists often offer theories of justification without paying much attention to the variety and diversity of locutions in which the notion of justification appears. For example, consider the following claims which contain some notion of justification: B is a justified belief, S's belief that p is justified, p is justified for S, S is justified in believing that p, S justifiably believes ...

suhrawardi’s thoughts and works have had an important impact on formation and developing of mulla sadra’s philosophy, especially theory of “primacy of existence”. although it seems that suhrawadi did not accept this theory, his exact view about it is not known. we can ascribe four features to him: 1. suhrawardi who believes in the primacy of quiddity, 2. suhrawardi who believes in the primacy o...

existence of suffering in life is undeniable. but, why does suffering exist? what is its cause? are there any meanings for this life? is it possible to escape from suffering? dostoyevsky, who believes that suffering is an inherent element of human life, tries to represent the problem of suffering and men's reactions to it in his works. he believes that not only suffering does exist, but al...

B EHAVIOR PATTERNS are a key factor in preventing illness and maintaining health (Department of Health and Human Services, 1991). Self-care behaviors are encouraged as a way to maximize personal health and limit health care expenses. Interventions to enhance self-care efforts have met with limited success because changes in daily living are often difficult to sustain (Evans & Hall, 1978). Becau...