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View article: Sensing presence: deathbots and bereavement hallucination
Sensing presence: deathbots and bereavement hallucination Open
The prospects of AI-driven chatbots that can replicate the online presence of persons who have died (so-called ‘deathbots’) has given rise to concerns about the potential to replace the dead or disrupt the grieving process of their survivo…
View article: Selves, Persons, and the Neo-Lucretian Symmetry Problem
Selves, Persons, and the Neo-Lucretian Symmetry Problem Open
The heavily discussed (neo-)Lucretian symmetry argument holds that as we are indifferent to nonexistence before birth, we should also be indifferent to nonexistence after death. An important response to this argument insists that prenatal …
View article: Kierkegaardian Virtues and the Problem of Self-Effacement
Kierkegaardian Virtues and the Problem of Self-Effacement Open
One of the more well-known objections to Kierkegaard’s moral philosophy is that he presents a view of moral life that is self-absorbed almost to the point of solipsism, focused on the subject’s own moral status rather than acting from resp…
View article: The accuracy of lateral X-ray and computed tomography in diagnosis of paediatric retropharyngeal abscess: a systematic review
The accuracy of lateral X-ray and computed tomography in diagnosis of paediatric retropharyngeal abscess: a systematic review Open
Background: A systematic review was performed analysing the accuracy of lateral radiograph (XR) and computed tomography (CT) in the diagnosis of paediatric retropharyngeal abscess (RPA). The primary outcome measurement was the sensitivity,…
View article: Philosophy communication is a two-way street: we learn from our publics, rather than simply teaching them
Philosophy communication is a two-way street: we learn from our publics, rather than simply teaching them Open
While science communication has become a well-recognised part of scientific praxis in many other disciplines, philosophy communication remains some way behind. However, as Patrick Stokes explains, this is noticeably changing. Firstly, phil…
View article: Science communication and the public intellectual: a view from philosophy
Science communication and the public intellectual: a view from philosophy Open
While science communication has become increasingly professionalised, philosophers have been far less active in, and reflective about, how we talk to the public. In thinking about the relationship between the ‘public intellectual’ and scie…