Abstract The problem of explaining how we acquire knowledge via testimony gives rise to a dilemma, according which any theory must make testimonial either too hard or easy, and therefore no adequate account is possible. In recent work (2020), John Greco offers solution the dilemma on behalf anti-reductionism that appeals Edward Craig’s functionalist epistemology. It argued Greco’s flawed, in hi...

Samevatting Teen die agtergronbd van Clouser se tipering van ‘n “re li gious be lief” word allereers gelet op vier alternatiewe benaderings wat hy vermeld. Vervlgens word in die lig van moderne strominge in die wiskudne aandag geskenk aan die merkwaardige invloed wat Kant se “Kritiek van die Suiwere Rede” (1781) op divergerende standpunte in die 20ste eeu gehad het. Die intuisionistiese wiskund...

The kinetochore forms the site of attachment for mitotic spindle microtubules driving chromosome segregation. The interdependent protein interactions in this large structure have made it difficult to dissect the function of its components. In this issue, Hori et al. (2013. J. Cell Biol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201210106) present a novel and powerful methodology to address the sufficiency ...

This paper argues that the consensus physicalist antireductionism in the philosophy of biology cannot accommodate the research strategy or indeed the recent findings of molecular developmental biology. After describing Wolpert’s programmatic claims on its behalf, and recent work by Gehring and others to identify the molecular determinants of development, the paper attempts to identify the relat...

In his book Psychoneural Reduction – The New Wave John Bickle takes up a question that indeed deserved fresh consideration for quite some time – the question of whether psychology can be reduced to neurobiology. Of course, Bickle is right. In the last twenty years the general debate about the concept of theory reduction led to a lot of new insights. It should have been natural to reconsider the...

Computer simulations are increasingly being used to predict the behaviour of crowds. However, the models used are mainly based on video observations, not an understanding of human decision making. Theories of crowd psychology can elucidate the factors underpinning collective behaviour in human crowds. Yet, in contrast to psychology, computer science must rely upon mathematical formulations in o...