The case for the hereditary principle
Whether you buy the argument for the monarchy or not, it’s worth taking it seriously because it challenges a widespread assumption about what reason demands of us.
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Tag: Reason & rationality
Hume is still a man for our times
One of our problems today is that we are intolerant of anyone who we think is wrong about something that matters a lot to us. Hume shows us that if instead we seek to understand each other, to converse calmly and intelligently, we will find that we will more easily correct each other’s errors and that more unites us than divides us.
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Why do we anthropomorphise AI?
Appearance on the Prospect podcast with science writer Philip Ball and host Sameer Rahim
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Inside the mind of conspiracy theorist
A conversation with a covid-sceptic and more in the latest Microphilosophy newsletter
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Should AI have rights?
Until we can be sure whether robots are capable of consciousness, it may make sense to err on the side of granting them protections
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