BJPS Short Reads British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
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BJPS articles, but shorter. Also louder.
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What Do Newtonian Forces Have to Do with the Standard Model?
James Ladyman and Lorenzo Lorenzetti on understanding effective realism through the lens of structural realism
Read the essay here: https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/standard-model-ladyman-lorenzetti/ -
The Function of Biochemical Functions
Francesca Bellazzi on what it means to say that a biochemical has a function.
Read the essay here: https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/biochemical-functions-bellazzi/ -
Accuracy and Calibration
Robert Williams and Richard Pettigrew ask how we should measure the accuracy of probabilities.
Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-2iw -
Is the Free Energy Principle for Real?
Ian Robertson, Julian Kiverstein, and Michael Kirchhoff on the literalist fallacy and realism about the free energy principle.
Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-2iw -
To Err Is (Not Only) Human
David Oderberg, Jonathan Hill, Christopher Austin, Ingo Bojak, François Cinotti, and Jon Gibbins ask what mistakes mean for philosophy and biology.
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Accuracy and Coherence
David Thorstad asks if bounded agents can have both accuracy and coherence.
Read the essay: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-2ba