Insights gained by contemporary biology should interest philosophers, whether or not they agree with E. O. Wilson's statement (2006, 106): [Biology] has become foremost [among the sciences] in relevance to the central questions of philosophy, aiming to explain the nature of mind and reality and the meaning of life. Clearly, philosophy of science finds significance in current biology. Vigorous d...

uniFication Unification involves the integration and synthesis of disparate types of evidence and models. For instance, Darwin unified hybridization, developmental, paleontological, and biogeographical data under a single theory. in mathematical modeling, unification often entails embedding – a subsumption relation allowing for the unification of (i) various mathematical theories/ models and (i...

Ever since the early days of Artificial Intelligence, the complexity of its relationship with philosophy has been under observation. Many devoted their efforts to a systematic foundation of philosophy of AI, given for granted its placement within the context of philosophy of science. Such endeavors were based on a view of AI as a scientific discipline, primarily devoted to answering questions a...

Because the label "computing and philosophy" can seem like an ad hoc attempt to tie computing to philosophy, it is important to explain why it is not, what it studies (or does) and how it differs from research in, say, "computing and history," or "computing and biology". The American Association for History and Computing is "dedicated to the reasonable and productive marriage of history and com...

art has not been extensively discussed in the islamic tradition, except a few instances in the islamic jurisprudence. there is no discussion of the essence or definition of art in islamic scholarly spheres, including philosophical spheres. one can find nothing comparable to the philosophy of art as found in the western philosophy, especially after the eighteenth century, in the philosophical or...