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What happened to quinacrine non-surgical female sterilization? by Mumford, Stephen D.

“…Quinacrine sterilization (QS) is a nonsurgical female method used by more than 175,000 women in over 50 countries. With FDA approval, QS is expected to be used…”
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A philosophical argument against evidence‐based policy by Anjum, Rani Lill, Mumford, Stephen D

“…Rationale, aims and objectives Evidence‐based medicine has two components. The methodological or ontological component consists of randomized controlled trials…”
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Causation and evidence-based practice: an ontological review by Kerry, Roger, Eriksen, Thor Eirik, Lie, Svein Anders Noer, Mumford, Stephen D, Anjum, Rani Lill

“…This paper explores the nature of causation within the framework of evidence‐based practice (EBP) for health care. The aims of the paper were first to define…”
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Evidence based on what? by Anjum, Rani Lill, Kerry, Roger, Mumford, Stephen D.

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Analysis of scientific truth status in controlled rehabilitation trials by Kerry, Roger, Madouasse, Aurélien, Arthur, Antony, Mumford, Stephen D.

“…Rationale, aims and objectives  Systematic reviews, meta‐analyses and clinical guidelines (reviews) are intended to inform clinical practice, and in this sense…”
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The true and the false by Mumford, Stephen

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Where the Real Power Lies: a Reply to Bird by Mumford, Stephen

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Causation in science and the methods of scientific discovery: Rani Lill Anjum and Stephen Mumford by Anjum, Rani Lill

“…Causation is the main foundation upon which the possibility of science rests. Without causation, there would be no scientific understanding, explanation,…”
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The aesthetics of sport and the arts: competing and complementary by Mumford, Stephen

“…Sport has a distinctive aesthetic that derives from its ontological basis in competition, indeterminism and emergence. The aim in sport is to compete, rather…”
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Beyond ‘crude pragmatism’ in sports coaching: Insights from C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey: A commentary by Mumford, Stephen

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In Praise of Teamwork by Mumford, Stephen

“…One often chooses to work collaboratively. Given that there is a cost in effort of doing so, it suggests that there also has to be some real advantage in…”
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Moderate Partisanship as Oscillation by Mumford, Stephen

“…In Watching Sport , Stephen Mumford distinguishes two ways in which sport can be seen. A purist sees it aesthetically while a partisan sees it competitively…”
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Passing Powers Around by Mumford, Stephen

“…Introduction The idea that an account of causation could be gained from an ontology of powers or dispositions is not new (See Cartwright 1989, Bhaskar 1975,…”
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III-Negative Truth and Falsehood by Mumford, Stephen

“…What makes it true when we say that something is not the case? Truth‐maker maximalists think that every truth has a truthmaker—some fact in the world—that…”
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The Ungrounded Argument by Mumford, Stephen

“…According to all indications the subatomic particles aresimple. [...]an atom, in the chemical rather than philosophical sense, has component parts such as…”
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Powers, Non-Consent and Freedom by Mumford, Stephen, Anjum, Rani Lill

“…There are a number of dispositionalist solutions to the free will problem based on freedom consisting in the agent's exercise of a power. But if a subject a is…”
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Athlete health protection: Why qualitative research matters by Bekker, Sheree, Bolling, Caroline, H Ahmed, Osman, Badenhorst, Marelise, Carmichael, Joel, Fagher, Kristina, Hägglund, Martin, Jacobsson, Jenny, John, Jannika M, Litzy, Karen, H Mann, Robert, D McKay, Carly, Mumford, Stephen, Tabben, Montassar, Thiel, Ansgar, Timpka, Toomas, Thurston, Joanna, Truong, Linda K, Spörri, Jörg, van Nassau, Femke, Verhagen, Evert ALM

“…In response to these challenges, recognition of the complexity of athlete health protection has recently emerged and qualitative research methods have been…”
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The Tendential Theory of Sporting Prowess by Mumford, Stephen, Anjum, Rani Lill

“…The results of sport would not interest us if either they were necessitated or they were a matter of pure chance. And if either case were true, the playing of…”
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FREEDOM AND CONTROL: ON THE MODALITY OF FREE WILL by Mumford, Stephen, Anjum, Rani Lill

“…Free will is a problem of modality, hampered by a commitment to modal dualism: the view that there is only necessity and pure contingency. If we have…”
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Emotions and aesthetics: an inevitable trade-off? by Mumford, Stephen

“…Sport is a producer of both emotional and aesthetic experiences. But how do these relate? Does a spectator's emotional engagement in sport enhance or hinder it…”
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