Conventions made too simple?

Article Abstract:

According to Ruth Millikan, convention consists of patterns that are produced by reproduction, which proliferate due partly to weight of precedent. It is argued that on Millikan's account, a lot more is going to count as conventional than seems reasonable on any plausible account of convention.

Criticism and interpretation, Manners and customs, Millikan, Ruth

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Lessons learned from a 5-year project within the Department of Veterans Affairs

Article Abstract:

A five-year project within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the establishment and preservation of collaborative social space, the theories of interpersonal aggression and organizational justice that inform the creation of this kind of space, are described.

Administration of Veterans' Affairs, Office of Veterans Affairs, United States. Department of Veterans Affairs, Organizational ethics

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The problem of race in medicine

Article Abstract:

The use of racial categories in biomedical research is discussed. Topics include the reliability of racial statistics, the validity of racial statistics, the reality of race, racial explanations, genetic diseases, drug response, and public policy.

Health aspects, Analysis, Mortality, Demographic aspects, Health, Race relations, Race discrimination, Health and race, Ethnic groups, Medical statistics, Mortality and race

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