Unlike reductionism, the use of expansionary analytic forms like the multi-level analysis employed in the new mechanical philosophy seems to admit the interlevel complexity of mind. For example, there is evidence that adversity caused by socioeconomic factors constrains genetic variations…
In the paper, we argue that the received views on how we (should) ascribe responsibility to individuals and collectives map poorly onto networks of these ‘Collective Minds’. The intimately collective nature of direct multiple-brain interfaces, for instance, where human minds…
The unifying theories of biology are cell theory, evolution theory, genes, and homeostasis.[vii] Placing psychology in correspondence with biology allows the entailment of principles like probability, ecology, and a broader range of spatial and temporal scales. The key principles of…
An interlude follows in which I consider how aspects of psychology can be conceived of as superstitious rituals which draw their authority from the epistemic dominance of science. I position the various uses of psychology within an epistemic landscape of…
Preference Screwing: Making it more difficult for an actor to achieve a certain level of utility by changing the actor’s preferences so that there is a larger divergence between the preference set and the actor’s option set. Section 2: Adaptive…
Here we are comparing the value of a severely cognitively disabled human being and a morally abhorrent (but otherwise cognitively normal) human being. In this case the intuitional discomfort is not as present. It seems that we would, ceteris paribus,…
That we are non-ideal agents is therefore highly relevant in this situation. We know that we may be susceptible to framing techniques that seek to discredit BLM, and we also know that should we consume media from across the political…
Excerpt From: His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. “Teachings of Lord Chaitanya.” Part I, Chapter 12 His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada has given some simple principles for observing all Ekadasis “In the Bhakti-sandarbha, by Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī,…
Samuel Iglesias, “Ethical Biological Naturalism and the Case Against Moral Status for AIs” Honourable Mentions: James French: How can we address the gender gap in anaesthesia and the wider medical workplace? Undergraduate Category: Lukas Joosten presenting his paper at the prize Kyle…
[4] (Jacobs, 2019, p. 29) (Seelmann, 2014). I would contend that procedural-rights in CM are some of SMCs’ least important obligations. Users who have posted content eligible to moderation are the reason a trade-off of rights is necessary. If they had…
It starts to become obvious how value judgments infuse and implicitly guide these fiscal decisions that, unwittingly or not, involve weighing up certain lives against others, present lives against future ones, and proxies for wellbeing (such as job creation) against…
What is the mind, and how does it work? Centuries of philosophical and scientific investigation have shown that these questions are too big to be tackled once and for all with a single explanatory endeavor. The magnitude of this pursuit…
The thing to avoid in making soup, ruling a country, or trying to reconcile different things that are in tension is to have too much ‘echoing’ or ‘sameness’. For example, having too much of the same opinion in government or…
Introduction Note that biological naturalism does not posit that consciousness can only be realized in biological systems. Indeed, artificial hearts are not made of organic tissue, and airplanes do not have feathers, or for that matter even flap their wings….
