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Climate Change and Inequity: How to Think about Inequities in Different Dimensions
in: Kanbur, Ravi & Henry Shue (ed.) Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Read more about the book: Climate Justice: Integrating Economics and Phil
How Valuable are Chances?
Philosophy of Science, Vol. 82, No. 4, p. 602-625. DOI: 10.1086/682915 Abstract Chance Neutrality is the thesis that, conditional on some proposition being true (or being false), its chance of being true
A Game of Stars: Active SETI, radical translation and the Hobbesian trap
Futures Volume: 101, pp. 46–54. doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2018.06.007 Abstract Among scholars dedicated to Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI), the risks and possibilities of actively contac
The Triviality Worry About Gender Terms and Epistemic Injustice
Social Epistemology Abstract According to contextualism, a gender term such as ‘woman’ does not invariantly refer to a specific social orbiological kind. Instead, gender terms have different extensions dincludingexcluding
William MacAskill: Should I donate now, or invest and donate later?
William MacAskill, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford ABSTRACTSuppose you are a philanthropist, and want to help others by as much as possible with your money. Should you dona
Bo Rothstein: Populism, Epistemic Democracy and the Quality of Government
Place: At the Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13, Stockholm, or online. REGISTER for on site or online participation Abstract A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of
Populism, Epistemic Democracy and the Quality of Government
Research seminar with Bo Rothstein, Professor of Political Science, and affiliated researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. A special branch of political philosophy deals with the issue of the
Anandi Hattiangadi: Artificial General Intelligence: A Manifesto
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies,Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online Research seminar with Anandi Hattiangadi, professor of philosophy at Stockholm University and a researcher at the Institute
Anandi Hattiangadi: Artificial General Intelligence - A Manifesto
The race is on to produce artificial general intelligence (AGI)—machines that are at least as intelligent as humans—despite widespread concern that an AGI would pose an existential threat to humankind
Are Private Prisons Intrinsically Wrong? An Analysis
Jus Cogens, vol. 6 Abstract Several critics have argued that private prisons are not only problematic because of their worse effects but also intrinsically wrong. This article analyzes two prominent arg