1. Science fails too Philosophy of science is largely inclined to portray science as a success story. It takes as its task to explain how science manages to acquire truthful information about the world or to generate successful predictions and explanations of phenomena, and it aspires to do this by articulating the procedures and principles of science that make this success possible. While not ...

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The contemporary discipline of economics pays little heed to either the natural environment or to the work of women. A review of the literature on the historical development of western concepts of self and science shows that this is not coincidental. Rather than suggesting that ecological economics reinforce the identification of women with nature, however, feminist thought suggests that dualis...

This is an interview by the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Xavier Ramos, Dirk Van de gaer, conducted as part of a roundtable on philosophy economics discrimination inequality. The covers concepts inequality; current state literature measuring relevance inequality policymaking; future

The aim of this paper is to present conceptual resources that address social robotics from a philosophical, social, and economic perspective. Since social robotics is an emerging and potentially high-impact area, it is necessary to consider the ethics and philosophy of social robotics and its potential impact on society. Philosophical, economic, and ethical issues are addressed first generally,...

Using 1994-1995 and 2002-2003 data, Nieswiadomy (1998, 2006) found that economics majors scored well on the LSAT. These results are frequently posted on university web sites by Economics and other departments. This note, which updates the prior studies using current 2007-2008 data for the 2008-2009 class of students entering law school, finds that Economics majors still perform at or near the t...