Why we can’t resolve the scientific realism debate—and why we should believe in science...
Philosophical works about scientific realism often point to public trust in science as a key motivating consideration. The intuitive idea is that if we...
Overcoming Cognitive Bias with Algorithms
This is a revised text of a lecture given at King’s College in March 2023
The judgments of human beings can be biased; they can...
Failed experiments in sex and marriage: Dora Russell on the ‘right to sex’ for...
In the 1920s, Dora Russell, second wife of Bertrand, proclaimed that all women have a ‘right’ to sex, which she detailed in terms of...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Philosophy and Science of Risk
Philosophy and Science of Risk is a new book written by Isabelle Peschard, Yann Benétreau-Dupin, and Christopher Wessels. Combining insights from a variety of disciplines, it...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Thoughtful Images
Thomas Wartenberg is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Mount Holyoke College. He has edited or co-edited books on the philosophy of art, the philosophy...
AI and Social Justice: The latest technological ‘revolution’ and the Capability Approach
Face recognition to unlock our phones, navigation apps that show traffic in real-time, digital assistants that turn on lights and lock doors in our...
From Protests to Pronouns to Prisons: Understanding Why We Use ‘Woman’
During Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing, Senator Marsha Blackburn asked her “Can you provide a definition for the word ‘woman’?” to which Jackson...
Smartphones and Meaningfulness
This essay explores topics discussed in Tiger Roholt’s recently published book, Distracted from Meaning: A Philosophy of Smartphones.
Imagine that you are at the DMV...
Recently Published Book Spotlight: Music in Evolution and Evolution in Music
Steven Jan is Reader in Music at the University of Huddersfield, UK. His research interests lie in the fields of late eighteenth- and early...
Can Liberal Arts Education Meet the Climate Crisis? One Approach
In her last series post, Katherine speaks to Ana and Justin, co-founders of a place-based liberal arts institute working to equip students to live well in an age of climate change.