No. 4 (2005) | Diametros

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Founded in 2004, Diametros (ISSN 1733-5566) is a scholarly journal that publishes original research and review articles in both English and Polish. It welcomes submissions from all areas of philosophy, as well as those at the intersections between philosophy and other disciplines. An open-access journal, indexed by all of the most important databases (Scopus, Web of Science), Diametros is free for readers & authors. Włodzimierz Galewicz (Institute of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland) is the founder of the journal and the editor-in-chief.
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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Transparency in Medical and Healthcare Expertise

November 21, 2023

Diametros invites scholars and researchers to contribute to a special issue focusing on the critical theme of transparency in the realm of medical and healthcare expertise. This call is inspired by the article "Expertise, disagreement, and trust in vaccine science and policy. The importance of transparency in a world of experts" (available here).

Submissions:

- Commentaries on the Article: We welcome analytical and critical commentaries on the article "Expertise, disagreement, and trust in vaccine science and policy. The importance of transparency in a world of experts", reflecting on its themes, arguments, and implications.

- Independent research papers: Additionally, submissions of independent research papers exploring broader issues of transparency in medical and healthcare expertise are encouraged.

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Diametros

Articles

The Right to Private Property

Philosophy and the mass media

The Anthropocentric Interpretation of Internal Realism

Skeptic’s Confession

Reviews

Retoryczna historia Ruchu Inteligentnego Projektu

Afterphilosophie

Discussions

The truth for the ill

Truth for the ill or the truth of dialogue?

Contribution to the discussion

A medical lie is still a lie

Truth and the “art of speaking”

Truthfulness in medicine – the point of view of the practicing physician and of the potential patient

Medical ethics and the virtue of truthfulness

The right to not inform

The truth for the seriously ill

On arguments in favor of the medical lie

Which God are we speaking about?

What is the object of the dispute? (Reply to Prof. Jan Woleński)

A few remarks about my position in the dispute about God

Several remarks to clarify a nonsensical communication (Reply to Prof. Bohdan Chwedeńczuk)

Two a priori proofs of the existence of God

Does the ontological argument prove the existence of God? (Remark concerning Prof. Stanisław Judycki’s dissertation)

Contribution to the discussion

On the convenience of skepticism, political correctness, and other problems of philosophers (Reply to Prof. Wojciech Chudy)

The difficult faith of the skeptic and the delicate knowledge of a theist

The infinite knowledge of God (Reply to Dr. Jacek Wojtysiak)

Contribution to the discussion on the nature of the dispute

Conscious and unconscious knowledge (Reply to Dr. Marek Pepliński)

Polemics

Dopowiedzenie – na koniec

W sprawie kwietniowej dyskusji

Editorial

Acknowledgements (in Polish)

Bioethics

Kant & practical philosophy

Research & ethics