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Our provisional reading list...................

Over at Schwitzsplinters Eric Schwitzgebel has been collecting Philosophers' recommendations of science fiction for the philosophical...

I'm pretty excited to announce that, as of friday this week, Jessica Laimann and I are convening a brand new shiny reading group. Theme ...

Back before the bear was born, while we were taking turns to get caught in a panicked loop,  reeling off items whose possession we consider...

It was recently reported that residents of slums in Liberia and Sierra Leone have been placed under military-enforced quarantines: nobody ...

I'm giving a talk to the British Society for the Philosophy of Science next monday 13th, at the LSE. Title: 'How to Count Organis...

Its nice that Olivia Wilde and other celebs are trying to promote breastfeeding . But doing it in designer clothes, in a cafe, while ...

There has been a slight hiatus in my (virtual) ranting of late because I have been on holiday. On a magical, fabulous vacanza no less, me an...

Microbiology / kin selection peeps, I need your help understanding something. Here is a sentence I came across in a paper from the Stereln...

ToysRUs may have withdrawn gender labelling from its toys, but a casual glance round my local Asda Living reveals that gender-specific baby...