Marr’s Levels and Ontology

Rather than impose a vaccine mandate, the most important protective measure that can be put in place in hospitals is the continued testing of staff and vigilance around the use of handwashing and appropriate PPE. This article is republished from…

Please direct all queries to John Bickle at the email address given above, or to Brian Keeley at brian_keeley@pitzer.edu Note on current plans for workshop format: At present our plans are to hold as much of the workshop live in…

In this ‘Thinking Out Loud’ episode, Katrien Devolder (philosophy, Oxford) interviews Erica Charters, Professor of the Global History of Medicine at the University of Oxford about how we know, or decide, when the covid-19 pandemic ends. Professor Charters explains why…

Some governments are taking tentative steps in this direction. Belgium may require that its soldiers be vaccinated before travelling abroad on peace-keeping missions. In other countries, companies are introducing requirements of their own. Air New Zealand will begin trialling vaccine…

The success of such regulatory efforts will depend on developing a relationship of trust between citizen scientists and regulators. In order to gain the trust of citizen scientists it is crucial that regulators clearly communicate why the important moral justifications…

The fact is fans and players are pretty powerless. Fans can refuse to watch games or stop buying merchandise. This could be effective but seems unlikely to happen on a scale that could make a dent in global football profits,…