Making Science Funding Policy Fair | Jamie Shaw
Jamie Shaw on lotteries, biases, and affirmative action
Physical Dimensions Are Real | Caspar Jacobs
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by Caspar JacobsCaspar Jacobs explains why the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures is wrong
Binary Categories, Messy Individuals | Alex Thinius and Rose Trappes
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by Alex Thinius, Rose TrappesAlex Thinius and Rose Trappes on how scientists construct sex as a binary and categorical variable
Institutional Decision-Making Heuristics | David Thorstad
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by David ThorstadDavid Thorstad on what lies beyond simple rules
Drawing the Line | Davide Serpico & Valentina Petrolini
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by Davide Serpico, Valentina PetroliniDavide Serpico and Valentina Petrolini on rethinking mental health and pathology through epigenetics
What Do Newtonian Forces Have to Do with the Standard Model? | James Ladyman and Lorenzo Lorenzetti
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by James Ladyman, Lorenzo LorenzettiJames Ladyman and Lorenzo Lorenzetti on understanding effective realism through the lens of structural realism
The Function of Biochemical Functions | Francesca Bellazzi
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by Francesca BellazziWhat does it means to say that a biochemical has a function?
Accuracy and Calibration | J Robert G Williams & Richard Pettigrew
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by J Robert G Williams, Richard PettigrewJ Robert G Williams & Richard Pettigrew ask how we should measure the accuracy of probabilities
Is the Free Energy Principle for Real? | Ian Robertson, Julian Kiverstein and Michael Kirchhoff
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by Ian Robertson, Julian Kiverstein, Michael KirchhoffThe literalist fallacy and realism about the free energy principle
To Err Is (Not Only) Human | David Oderberg, Jonathan Hill, Christopher Austin, Ingo Bojak, François Cinotti and Jon Gibbins
/in BJPS Short Reads, Short Reads Podcast /by David Oderberg, Jonathan Hill, Christopher Austin, Ingo Bojak, François Cinotti, Jon GibbinsWhat do mistakes mean for philosophy and biology?