Cross purposes

Arguments at cross-purposes: moral epistemology and medical ethics.

Different beliefs about the nature and justification of bioethics may reflect different assumptions in moral epistemology. Two alternative views (put forward by David Seedhouse and Michael H Kottow) are analysed and some speculative conclusions formed. The foundational questions raised here are by no means settled and deserve further attention.

Commentary: Speaking at Cross-Purposes or across Boundaries?

Amazons, Konane, and Cross Purposes are PSPACE-complete

Amazons is a board game which combines elements of Chess and Go. It has become popular in recent years, and has served as a useful platform for both game-theoretic study and AI games research. Buro [3] showed that simple Amazons endgames are NP-equivalent, leaving the complexity of the general case as an open problem. Konane is an ancient Hawaiian game, with moves similar to peg solitaire. Kona...

Paradox and cross purposes in recent work on consciousness.

Functionalists about consciousness identify consciousness with a role; physicalists identify consciousness with an implementer of that role. The global workspace theory of consciousness fits the functionalist perspective, but the physicalist sees consciousness as a biological phenomenon that implements global accessibility.

Cross Roads or Cross Purposes? Tensions Between Military and Humanitarian Providers

I October 2001, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed a conference of humanitarian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Washington, D.C. There, he remarked “I want you to know that I have made it clear to my staff here and to all of our ambassadors around the world that I am serious about making sure we have the best relationship with the NGOs who are such a force multiplier for us,...