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24Euthanasia: Not Just for Rich CountriesIn Ronald Michael Green, Aine Donovan & Steven A. Jauss (eds.), Global bioethics: issues of conscience for the twenty-first century, Oxford University Press. 2008.
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4Quantifiers, Logic and LanguageCenter for the Study of Language and Information Publications. 1996.This volume presents contributions to quantifier theory and its applications and gives a good impression of the depth and diversity of recent work in the field. The book starts with a long introduction aimed at making the individual papers accessible to a wide audience of logicians and linguists.
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12Brein en bewustzijn: gedachtesprongen tussen hersenen en mensbeeld (edited book)Soeterbeeck Programma, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. 2006.
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703Proceedings of the Workshop 'Reasoning about other minds: Logical and cognitive perspectives (edited book)WEUR Proceedings. 2011.In recent years, the human ability to reasoning about mental states of others in order to explain and predict their behavior has come to be a highly active area of research. Researchers from a wide range of fields { from biology and psychology through linguistics to game theory and logic{ contribute new ideas and results. This interdisciplinary workshop, collocated with the Thirteenth International Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge (TARK XIII), aims to shed light on …Read more
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24Colour is a culturalist categoryBehavioral and Brain Sciences 28 (4): 507-508. 2005.Extrapolation of Steels & Belpaeme's (S&B) results show that colour is a culturalist category. Populations will only share the category of colour if it is built into the system. If “left to themselves” different populations may or may not stumble on the colour category. Populations that do not share a colour category may still be able to communicate in a wide variety of environments.
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43Colour: An exosomatic organ?Behavioral and Brain Sciences 20 (2): 212-220. 1997.Sections R1 to R3 attempt to take the sting out of hostile commentaries. Sections R4 to R5 engage Berlin and Kay and the World Color Survey to correct the record. Section R6 begins the formulation of a new theory of colour as an engineering project with a technological developmental trajectory. It is recommended that the colour space be abandoned
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107Are there nontrivial constraints on colour categorization?Behavioral and Brain Sciences 20 (2): 167-179. 1997.In this target article the following hypotheses are discussed: (1) Colour is autonomous: a perceptuolinguistic and behavioural universal. (2) It is completely described by three independent attributes: hue, brightness, and saturation: (3) Phenomenologically and psychophysically there are four unique hues: red, green, blue, and yellow; (4) The unique hues are underpinned by two opponent psychophysical and/or neuronal channels: red/green, blue/yellow. The relevant literature is reviewed. We conclu…Read more
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44Taking a conscious look at the body schemaBehavioral and Brain Sciences 30 (2): 216-217. 2007.Dijkerman & de Haan (D&dH) propose a somatosensory perceptual pathway that informs a consciously accessible body image, and an action pathway that provides information to a body schema, which is not consciously accessible. We argue that the body schema may become accessible to consciousness in some circumstances, possibly resulting from cross talk, but that this may be detrimental to skilled movement production
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73Influence of physicians' life stances on attitudes to end-of-life decisions and actual end-of-life decision-making in six countriesJournal of Medical Ethics 34 (4): 247-253. 2008.Aim: To examine how physicians’ life stances affect their attitudes to end-of-life decisions and their actual end-of-life decision-making.Methods: Practising physicians from various specialties involved in the care of dying patients in Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Australia received structured questionnaires on end-of-life care, which included questions about their life stance. Response rates ranged from 53% in Australia to 68% in Denmark. General attitudes, intende…Read more
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36Whatever seems right to me is rightBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (6): 973-973. 1999.It is argued that given the task Palmer sets himself, there are no constraints on his colour experiences whatsoever.
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262The ignis fatuus of semantic universalia: The case of colourBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science 45 (2): 770-783. 1994.
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14Adding depth to the pictureBehavioral and Brain Sciences 22 (4): 701-702. 1999.Recent studies showing that pontine burst cells carry a monocular code for rapid eye movements raise questions about the organisation of signals at more central levels. Evidence that the superior colliculus may also be involved in the coding of movements in depth is reviewed. Recent work showing that the global effect is a property of refixations in 3-D space is another indication that the oculomotor systems for direction and depth are centrally coupled.
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60The justificatory power of moral experienceJournal of Medical Ethics 35 (4): 234-237. 2009.A recurrent issue in the vast amount of literature on reasoning models in ethics is the role and nature of moral intuitions. In this paper, we start from the view that people who work and live in a certain moral practice usually possess specific moral wisdom. If we manage to incorporate their moral intuitions in ethical reasoning, we can arrive at judgements and (modest) theories that grasp a moral experience that generally cannot be found outside the practice. Reflective equilibrium (RE) provid…Read more
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29The analysis of sensations as the foundation of all sciencesBehavioral and Brain Sciences 16 (1): 163-164. 1993.
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11Toward an alternative scheme for the generation of express saccadesBehavioral and Brain Sciences 16 (3): 591-592. 1993.
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22Rethinking Organizational Ethics: A Plea for PluralismJournal of Business Ethics 55 (4): 385-393. 2004.This paper challenges a pervasive, if not always explicit assumption of the present state of theorising in business ethics. This is the idea that a workable theory of organizational ethics must provide a unified perspective on its subject matter. In this paper we will sketch the broad outlines of an alternative understanding of business ethics, which focuses on constraints on corporate conduct that cannot reasonably be rejected. These constraints stem from at least three different levels or sphe…Read more
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303On the development of the two visual systemsBehavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (1): 120-120. 2001.Norman's reconciliation of the two theories of perception is challenged because it directly leads to the nature-nurture dichotomy in the development of the two visual systems. In contrast, the proposition of a separate development of the two visual systems may be better understood as involving different types of information that follow a distinct temporal sequence.
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26Meaningful Respect for the Autonomy of Persons with “Completed Life”: An Analysis in Light of Empirical ResearchAmerican Journal of Bioethics 22 (2): 65-67. 2022.In the Netherlands, the legalization of assisted suicide for persons with a death wish without severe illness, often referred to as persons with “completed life” or “tiredness of life,” is intensel...
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22A white thingBehavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (1): 86-88. 1998.I have no problem with Millikan's saying that Mama, milk, and mouse are substances, but I do not see why this list cannot be extended with white, red cows, things, vovetas, lhenxa, GRUE, and so on. In the right circumstances, given the right training, the characteristics of substances that Millikan provides work equally well for each of them.
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8A multiculture of veridicalitiesBehavioral and Brain Sciences 21 (4): 481-482. 1998.Edelman's target article purports to be about veridical representations. I argue that it would be a mistake to think it has much to do with veridicality as normally understood.
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21Attentional biases for angry faces: Relationships to trait anger and anxietyCognition and Emotion 15 (3): 279-297. 2001.
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31Social Networking Sites as a Tool for Contact Tracing: Urge for Ethical Framework for Normative GuidancePublic Health Ethics 7 (1): 57-60. 2014.
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58Extending the global workspace theory to emotion: Phenomenality without accessConsciousness and Cognition 13 (3): 539-549. 2004.Recent accounts on the global workspace theory suggest that consciousness involves transient formations of functional connections in thalamo-cortico-cortical networks. The level of connectivity in these networks is argued to determine the state of consciousness. Emotions are suggested to play a role in shaping consciousness, but their involvement in the global workspace theory remains elusive. In the present study, the role of emotion in the neural workspace theory of consciousness was scrutiniz…Read more
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12Continuing memory and information processingJournal of Experimental Psychology 71 (6): 844. 1966.
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76Can we justify eliminating coercive measures in psychiatry?Journal of Medical Ethics 35 (1): 69-73. 2009.The practice of coercive measures in psychiatry is controversial. Although some have suggested that it may be acceptable if patients are a danger to others or to themselves, others committed themselves to eliminate it. Ethical, legal and clinical considerations become more complex when the mental incapacity is temporary and when the coercive measures serve to restore autonomy. We discuss these issues, addressing the conflict between autonomy and beneficence/non-maleficence, human dignity, the ex…Read more
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38Disclosure of Risks and Uncertainties Are Especially Vital in Light of Regenerative MedicineAmerican Journal of Bioethics 14 (4): 14-16. 2014.No abstract