Discuss the pros and cons of diagnosing, or “labeling,” a patient.

Clinicians such as psychologists, therapists, and psychiatrists utilize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th ed. (DSM V, 2013) when making a diagnosis for specific psychological disorders. In doing so, however, they are also assigning a label to the person. Discuss the pros and cons of diagnosing, or “labeling,” a patient.

Describe the Outcomes of the Condemnation of 1277.

Outcomes of the Condemnation of 1277

McClellan discusses the questions concerning continuities versus discontinuities in late medieval and early modern history and the history of science. He says that: for the present, we can refer to a middle-ground interpretation of the condemnation of 1277 which sees its effect neither as wholly squelching scientific inquiry nor as launching the Scientific Revolution outright.

According to this interpretation, what were the most important outcomings of the condemnation of 1277 in

  1. a) physics and
  2. b) astronomy