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GalleryAnimals, humans and pandemics: what needs to change?
How can we mitigate the risks of future pandemics? Jonathan Birch looks at the role of human behaviour in the emergence of new zoonotic diseases.
GalleryWhat are “scientific models”, and how much confidence can we place in them?
Modelling is vital if we are to control COVID-19, but it is not infallible. In this post, Roman Frigg and James Nguyen explain how epidemiological models work and consider the uncertainty inherent in their predictions.
GalleryBad data and flawed models? Fact-checking Winsberg et al.’s case against lockdowns
Can the justification for current COVID restrictions be challenged on scientific grounds? Philippe van Basshuysen and Lucie White look at the evidence used by Winsberg et al. in their case against lockdowns.
GalleryThe mind-body problem
What’s really at stake in the mind-body debate? Jonathan Birch looks at some of the explanatory differences in approaches to the metaphysics of consciousness.
GalleryApply now for 2021/22
Applications for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes are open. Programmes start Autumn 2021.
GalleryLives v livelihoods: Evaluating policies to address COVID-19
Policies that suppress or control COVID-19 prevent illness and save lives, but exact an economic toll. How should we balance lives and livelihoods to determine which policy is best? Richard Bradley, Alex Voorhoeve et al. compare benefit-cost and social welfare approaches to the pandemic.
GalleryG. E. Moore’s hands vs. radical scepticism
Do we need to prove that we’re not living in a computer simulation? Jonathan Birch looks at G. E. Moore’s famous argument against scepticism.
GalleryA Virus Is Not a Thing, Part 3: What virology can tell us about philosophy
How can findings in virology help answer ontological questions of process and substance? In the final post in this series, Stephan Guttinger looks at viral life cycles and the role of intrinsic properties.
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