Philosophy & Ethics

What Does It Mean For Something To Be Metaphysically Necessary?

predicament at all. Perhaps we should do what I’ve done above in the cases of logic and physics: look for ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Apr 2 2014 - 1:13am

The Chicken, the Egg and The Hermeneutic Circle.

that my meaning may not be at all plain. And so, I struggle that much harder to explain to my meaning ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 30 2009 - 10:39pm

There is no Morality and no Such Thing as Ethics

Grolleau, Kocher & Sutan (2016) conclude with the stereotypical ending to all research into cheating and ...

Blog Post - Alex Durig - Jan 2 2017 - 4:46pm

Do You Want To Donate Your Genetic Information After Death?

whether a clinician should communicate findings at all," says lead author Sarah Boers, MD, a PhD ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2015 - 12:56pm

Informed Consent Regarding Long-Term Biological Samples Is Not So Simple

for-all decision," say Wjst and colleagues. They argue that any research following the initial ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2008 - 10:21pm

Asthma Over-Diagnosed In One Third Of Adults

available in all practice settings. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2008 - 5:07pm

Windbag The Sailor Spins a Yarn

terms all match nicely to a description of the art of telling tall tales.  It is entirely plausible that ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 7 2009 - 1:58pm

Michael Hansen, CEO Of Elsevier's Health Sciences Division, Owns Up To Fake Peer Reviewed Journals

authors, editors, customers and employees. But I can assure all that the integrity of Elsevier's ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 6:43pm

On The Scope Of Skeptical Inquiry

old. All these claims are, at least in principle, amenable to scientific inquiry because they refer to ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Oct 26 2009 - 11:10pm

Podcast Teaser: Why Rationality?

rationalizing our irrational decisions after the fact. So why fight our irrational natures? After all, some ...

Blog Post - Massimo Pigliucci - Dec 5 2009 - 6:47pm