i) neutral between the view that consciousness is (to simplify) identical to parts of your brain and what goes on inside of ...

Nature Research Intelligence Topics Topic summaries Philosophy and Religious Studies Philosophy Philosophy of Science Philosophy of science critically examines the fundamental nature, methods, and ...

Dr. Shech is a professor of philosophy who specializes in the philosophy of science. As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about ...

“Evacuate the city. The latest numbers from the predictive model show that the hurricane might hit in two days and cause major devastation.” This was not the balanced approach of an emergency manager, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper argues that we philosophers of science have before us an important new task that we urgently need to take up. It is to convince the ...

A few years ago, while I was pursuing my Ph.D. at the University of Sydney, the philosopher Liam Kofi Bright wrote a ...

Consistent with the general trend of incorporating artificial intelligence into nearly every field, researchers and ...

1:00 Lunch (Participants are on their own for this. There are many good restaurants to choose from on the Hill nearby.) 2:30 Saakshi Dulani (Johns Hopkins) "Revitalizing Non-Reductive Phyiscalism in ...

Philosophy of science interrogates the nature, boundaries and assumptions of scientific inquiry. It examines how theories are formulated, tested and ultimately accepted or revised, and explores the ...