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.
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.
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.
GalleryThe Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 2: Relatedness and Altruism
How can we explain the evolution of altruism? In part 2 of this series, Jonathan Birch considers “Hamilton’s Rule”.
GalleryThe Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 1: Altruism in Nature
In the first installment of this five-part series, Jonathan Birch looks at biological altruism, a key concept from his new book The Philosophy of Social Evolution.
GalleryWeathering catastrophic storms: the science and philosophy of hurricane prediction
The science of predicting hurricanes is crucial for disaster management and insurance, but also raises difficult methodological and philosophical questions. In this post, Joe Roussos asks whether hurricane modellers should average the results from different models of hurricane frequency.
GalleryThe scientific limits of understanding complex social phenomena
Can we give accurate scientific explanations for social phenomena? In this post, CPNSS Research Fellow Alexander Krauss looks at the proposed link between economic inequality and democratic change.
GalleryWhat makes humans special?
What separates human beings from their animal ancestors? Andrew Buskell examines the concept of “cumulative culture”.
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