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Bell's Spaceships Problem And The Foundations Of Special Relativity, Francisco Fernflores
Bell's Spaceships Problem And The Foundations Of Special Relativity, Francisco Fernflores
Philosophy
Recent ‘dynamical’ approaches to relativity by Harvey Brown and his colleagues have used John Bell’s own solution to a problem in relativity which has in the past sometimes been called ‘Bell’s spaceships paradox’, in a central way. This paper examines solutions to this problem in greater detail and from a broader philosophical perspective than Brown et al. offer. It also analyses the well-known analogy between special relativity and classical thermodynamics. This analysis leads to the sceptical conclusion that Bell’s solution yields neither new philosophical insights concerning the foundations of relativity nor differential support for a specific view concerning the existence …
Arthur Pap’S Functional Theory Of The A Priori, David J. Stump
Arthur Pap’S Functional Theory Of The A Priori, David J. Stump
Philosophy
Arthur Pap was not quite a Logical Empiricist. He wrote his dissertation in philosophy of science under Ernest Nagel, and he published a textbook in the philosophy of science at the end of his tragically short career, but most of his work would be classified as analytic philosophy. More important, he took some stands that went against Logical Empiricist orthodoxy and was a persistent if friendly critic of the movement. Pap diverged most strongly from Logical Empiricism in his theory of a “functional a priori” in which fundamental principles of science are hardened into definitions and act as criteria for …
Robot Ethics: Mapping The Issues For A Mechanized World, Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, George Bekey
Robot Ethics: Mapping The Issues For A Mechanized World, Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, George Bekey
Philosophy
As with other emerging technologies, advanced robotics brings with it new ethical and policy challenges. This paper will describe the flourishing role of robots in society—from security to sex—and survey the numerous ethical and social issues, which we locate in three broad categories: safety & errors, law & ethics, and social impact. We discuss many of these issues in greater detail in our forthcoming edited volume on robot ethics from MIT Press.
Review Of Michael Heidelburger And Gregor Schiemann, Eds. The Significance Of The Hypothetical In The Natural Sciences, David J. Stump
Review Of Michael Heidelburger And Gregor Schiemann, Eds. The Significance Of The Hypothetical In The Natural Sciences, David J. Stump
Philosophy
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Review Of Rethinking The History Of Skepticism: The Missing Medieval Background, Sharon M. Kaye
Review Of Rethinking The History Of Skepticism: The Missing Medieval Background, Sharon M. Kaye
Philosophy
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What ‘Biological Racial Realism’ Should Mean, Quayshawn Spencer
What ‘Biological Racial Realism’ Should Mean, Quayshawn Spencer
Philosophy
A curious ambiguity has arisen in the race debate in recent years. That ambiguity is what is actually meant by ‘biological racial realism’. Some philosophers mean that ‘race is a natural kind in biology’, while others mean that ‘race is a real biological kind’. However, there is no agreement about what a natural kind or a real biological kind should be in the race debate. In this article, I will argue that the best interpretation of ‘biological racial realism’ is one that interprets ‘biological racial realism’ as ‘race is a genuine kind in biology’, where a genuine kind is a …
Evolutionary Psychology In The Service Of Moral Psychology: A Possible Future For Ethics, William S. Lewis
Evolutionary Psychology In The Service Of Moral Psychology: A Possible Future For Ethics, William S. Lewis
Philosophy
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The Scientist As Impartial Judge: Moral Values In Duhem’S Philosophy Of Science, David J. Stump
The Scientist As Impartial Judge: Moral Values In Duhem’S Philosophy Of Science, David J. Stump
Philosophy
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Review "Anthropocentrism And The Continental Tradition: Calarco's Zoographies", Gerard Kuperus
Review "Anthropocentrism And The Continental Tradition: Calarco's Zoographies", Gerard Kuperus
Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Fevered Desires And Interracial Intimacies In Jungle Fever, Ronald Sundstrom
Fevered Desires And Interracial Intimacies In Jungle Fever, Ronald Sundstrom
Philosophy
Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever centers on a sexual affair between a black man, Flipper, and a white, Italian American woman, Angela. This pairing centers on the type of interracial relationship and pairing (black man plus white woman) typically obsessed about in discussions of interracial romances. It is also the pairing offered by Left radicals, such as Frantz Fanon in Black Skins, White Masks (1952), as the prototype of racial revolution. The title of Julius Lester’s black nationalist classic Look Out, Whitey! Black Power’s Gonna Get Your Mama! (1969), dramatically illustrates this view. Lee’s Jungle Fever upsets this radical stance by …
Some Forms Of Trust, Willem A. Devries
Some Forms Of Trust, Willem A. Devries
Philosophy
Three forms of trust: topic-focused trust, general trust, and personal trust are distinguished. Personal trust is argued to be the most fundamental form of trust, deeply connected with the construction of one’s self. Information technology has posed new problems for us in assessing and developing appropriate forms of the trust that is central to our personhood.