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Values, regulation, and species delimitation
Garnett and Christidis (2017) [hereafter GC] recently proposed that the International Union of the Biological Sciences should centrally regulate the taxonomy of complex organisms. Their proposal was met with much criticism ... -
Sensory studies, or when physics was psychophysics: Ernst Mach and physics between physiology and psychology, 1860–71
(Science History Publications Ltd., 2018-04-09)This paper highlights the significance of sensory studies and psychophysical investigations of the relations between psychic and physical phenomena for our understanding of the development of the physics discipline, by ... -
‘The mothers of England object’: Public Health, Privacy and Professional Ethics in the Early Twentieth-century Debate over the Notification of Pregnancy
(OUP, 2018-05-31)Amid wider efforts to improve maternal and infant health in Britain around the First World War, public health officials debated making pregnancy a notifiable condition. Although the policy never entered national legislation, ... -
The goal of ape pointing
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-25)Captive great apes regularly use pointing gestures in their interactions with humans. However, the precise function of this gesture is unknown. One possibility is that apes use pointing primarily to direct attention (as ...
