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In an even worse – though less likely – scenario, Omicron might cause severe disease in vulnerable people and vaccines might not work too well at preventing serious illness. Even in such a case, there are more proportionate responses than blanket…

It is also important to recognize that there are ethical reasons for thinking in certain ways, or with certain concepts. As those working in ‘conceptual engineering’ have brought out especially clearly in recent years, the use of certain concepts or…

Other works cited: The search for invertebrate consciousness.  Nous.  [embedded content] Other scholars referenced: Elizabeth Schechter:  https://www.elizabethschechter.info/ Please see below for links to material cited in the video. Previous roundtables can be viewed at philosophyofbrains.com/category/roundtables. Andy Clark and His Critics. …

I’d learnt this and other tricks through a few years of writing wide-ranging essays on neuroscience for my publication The Spike: often I’d write about cool new work that was at the very fringes of my expertise – like breakthroughs…

Bontly, T.  (2005) “Proportionality, Causation and Exclusion” Philosophia 32: 331-348.  Second, a causal claim might fail to represent one or more dependency relations   that are present in the system of interest and that should be represented. Call this omission. This discussion of proportionality…

Yudhishthira Maharaj said, “Oh Lord Sri Krishna, O glorious son of Vasudeva, please be merciful to me and describe the Ekadasi that occurs during the dark fortnight of the month of Phalguna (February-March).” Lakshmana replied, Oh best of all beings,…