GalleryGetting the Details Just Right: Solving the “Goldilocks Problem” of Scientific Explanation
How much detail is the right amount of detail for a scientific explanation? David Kinney looks at getting things just right.
GalleryThe Ethical Homeopathic Placebo?
Should doctors be allowed to prescribe homeopathic treatments on the NHS? John Worrall looks at the scientific and ethical status of homeopathy.
GalleryAfricana Philosophy and the Social Epistemology of Science: an interview with Liam Kofi Bright
Liam Kofi Bright, currently at Carnegie Mellon University, joins LSE Philosophy in September. We thought we’d celebrate his imminent arrival with some questions.
GalleryReproductive Choices and Climate Change Part 2: should individuals have fewer children to mitigate climate change?
It is claimed that having fewer children will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but is it that straightforward? Eric Brandstedt looks at some of the complexities of this recommendation.
GalleryReproductive Choices and Climate Change Part 1: can you reduce your emissions by having fewer children?
Our lifestyle choices determine our individual carbon footprints, including the decision whether or not to have children. But should parents should be held responsible for the emissions of future generations?
GalleryImmigration and the Natural Lottery
Whose interests should matter when deciding a nation’s border policy? Campbell Brown takes a moral look at border control.
GalleryAfter Obamacare
How should US policy-makers choose a replacement for the Affordable Care Act? Dan Hausman looks at the values and economic complications guiding health care reform.
GalleryThe Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 5: Cultural inclusive fitness?
In the final post in this series, Jonathan Birch considers the development of large-scale human cooperation.
GalleryThe Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 4: The social organism
Has the time come for a revival of the “cell state” perspective? In part 4 of this series, Jonathan Birch looks at the evolution of multicellular life.
GalleryThe Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 3: Relatedness, time and bacteria
In the third installment in this series, Jonathan Birch looks at “horizontal transmission” and relatedness in bacteria.
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