Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, and logic. Yet ...

Synthese spans the topics of Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Coverage includes the theory of knowledge; general methodological problems of science, of induction and probability, ...

Contemporary philosophy has a problem. No one outside the philosophical tribe seems to be listening. The most abstract of the humanities, philosophy grows ever more marginal in academe. As core ...

Philosophy fads are not considered fads by philosophers. “Finally a path to the truth!"—that’s how philosophers consider philosophy fads. Logical empiricism (early 20th century) is the Platonic ideal ...

In his book Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, E.O. Wilson laid out a grand vision for how the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities might be coherently interrelated. Given how ...

In a letter to Wlodek Rabinowicz, David Lewis introduced a decision scenario that he described as "much more problematic for decision theory than the Newcomb Problems". This scenario, which involves ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. In 1917 John Dewey published “The Need for a Recovery of Philosophy.” The essay consists of a ...

A general introduction to the problems and methods of philosophy drawing on classic and contemporary texts. Topics covered may include the existence of God and nature of religious belief, what it ...

Philosophy has always had to defend itself against the charge that it is empty verbiage, unscientific speculation. Philosophers themselves are often the harshest and most astute critics of their own ...