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José Sanmartín
The new world of human genetic technologies: The policy environment and impacts of genetic screening tests
Today it is possible to screen for mutated DNA sequences which do not induce any diseases but predispose to develop diseases under certain environmental condition. These latter disorders are called “multifactorial” since they result from the interplay of genetic and environmental factors. Among multifactorial disorders there are job-related diseases whose genetic component can be identified by genetic screening tests. The use of these tests to predict occupational disorders, to cut down on them, and to save costs—in particular for absenteeism, health care, and lawsuits—is of interest to employers and insurers. As for employees, it could entail an extremely deep invasion of privacy, economic…
Concept and History of the Serial Killer
Some murderers kill three or more victims, with a certain cooling-off period between them. These are the so-called “serial killers.” John Wayne Gacy, Jose Antonio Rodriguez Vega, and Christa Lehmann are three such cases.
From World3 to the Social Assessment of Technology: Remarks on Science, Technology, and Society
From a well-known point of view, science is thought to constitute a world of objective entities (World3) different from the objective world of material things (World 1) and the subjective world of minds or mental states (World2). This is an old trichotomy, of which Popper is the leading contemporary proponent.
Huyendo de los extremos. Conciliación (Consilience) en la explicación del comportamiento violento humano
RESUMENEn este artículo, a través del análisis de la conducta de sumisión característica de algunos tipos de víctimas de violencia, se muestra cómo, en el plano de la realidad hay interacciones ontológicas que, en el plano científico, deberían ser atendidas por interacciones epistémicas entre diversas teorías. Se sustenta de este modo una clase de consiliencia no basada en un micro-reduccionismo fuerte. Proceder de este modo, dilucidar esas interacciones ontológicas en el marco de interacciones teórico-científicas, no sólo es lo coherente desde un punto de vista metodológico: es también lo más fructífero si se tienen en cuenta los grandes desarrollos que han experimentado ciencias en nuestr…