Themed Articles

Right & Wrong About Right & Wrong

Paul Stearns argues against moral relativism and moral presentism.
[Issue 156: June/July 2023]

Ethical Truth in Light of Quantum Mechanics

Iain King and Myles King contend that physics helps us understand ethics.
[Issue 156: June/July 2023]

Can You Be Both A Moral Rationalist & A Moral Sentimentalist?

Andrew Kemle says that evolutionary forces give us the answer.
[Issue 156: June/July 2023]

Should We Take Vagueness Seriously?

Apostolos Syropoulos argues that vagueness is a virtue, sometimes.
[Issue 156: June/July 2023]

Uncertainty Made Measurable

Rob Selzer sizes up a human confidence interval.
[Issue 156: June/July 2023]

What it Means to be Human: Blade Runner 2049

Kilian Pötter introduces the big ideas and problems around artificial consciousness.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023]

AI & Human Interaction

Miriam Gorr asks what we learn from current claims for cyberconsciousness.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023]

Arguing with the Chinese Room

Michael DeBellis says Searle’s famous argument about computers not having understanding does not compute.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023]

What’s Stopping Us Achieving Artificial General Intelligence?

A. Efimov, D. Dubrovsky, and F. Matveev explore how the development of AI is limited by the perceived need to understand language and be embodied.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023]

Can Machines Be Conscious?

Sebastian Sunday Grève and Yu Xiaoyue find an unexpected way in which the answer is ‘yes’.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023]

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