The postulates of rational preference suggested by Von Neumann and Morgenstern have been defended as descriptive or empirical generalizations and as normative principles. It is argued that the ...

Identifying the causative agent of an infectious disease is a notoriously tricky, but vitally important, business. When faced with new potential pathogens, the principles fostered by Koch's postulates ...

The Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes contain the Symposia to be read at the Annual Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association each year. Publisher ...

At the center of the Milky Way lies the biggest object we can be sure exists: a supermassive black hole (SMBH) four million times more massive than the sun. Physicists believe these huge singularities ...

CLERK MAXWELL'S original suggestion, revived in NATURE for April 12, p. 566, was in danger of being lost sight of, although it has been renewed independently from time to time; see, for example, Phil.