A ‘doxastic venture’ model of faith – according to which having faith involves believing beyond what is rationally justifiable – can be defended only on condition that such venturesome believing is both possible and ethically acceptable. I show how a development of the position argued by William James in ‘The will to believe ’ can succeed in meeting these conditions. A Jamesian defence of doxas...

Trust is one of the big buzzwords in debates about shaping society, democracy, and emerging technologies. For example, prominent idea put forward by High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence appointed European Commission that artificial intelligence should be trustworthy. In this essay, we explore notion trust argue both proponents critics trustworthy AI have flawed pictures nature tru...

It is well known that cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, valvular dysfunction, and myocardial infarction are associated with cardiac hypertrophy, which is itself an independent risk factor for sudden death. Less certain, however, is the identity of the molecular mechanisms involved in the hypertrophic process. The role of oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of diseases like hyper...