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For Dr. Brian Orend (BA '94), a professor of philosophy and Waterloo alum, the quest for happiness has been both a professional endeavour and a personal journey.

The involvement of scientists in public debate has become a central issue.

ANU researcher Faith Gordon unpacks the viral psychological spiral faced by children at the centre of family vloggers channels.

'Excited delirium' perpetuates racial stereotypes, justifies police brutality, McGill University study finds A movement to discredit a controversial medical diagnosis is being bolstered by a new study out of McGill University.

In "Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions," MIT Alex Byrne argues for a return to a more inclusive brand of philosophical inquiry.

It's been almost five years since philosophy professor Carolyn McLeod and a team of researchers at Western released a report arguing for equal parental benefits for adoptive families and others who provide permanency to children, to ensure they have time to attach to their new parents.

By Claude Chevaleyre, deputy Director of the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies (IAO). Published on October 31, 2023 .

Cluster of Excellence Knowledge in Crisis / Wissen in der Krise: Under this title, an interdisciplinary team led by Tim Crane from the Central European University (CEU) addresses the threats to the knowledge claims due to rapidly advancing technological developments.

The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.

Professor Danielle Celemajer, Deputy Director of the Sydney Environment Institute, explores how the Jewish Passover seder might help us approach the momentous challenge of animal liberation.

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rapidly advance, there has been a surge in the development of AI-powered content creation tools like ChatGPT and Dall-e that offer users a range of personalized experiences.

Biographie Michael Jonik est un chercheur internationalement reconnu pour ses travaux sur des auteurs (pour les XVIII e et XIX e siècles, essentiellement : Edwards, Melville, Dickinson, Thoreau, Emerson et James.

Does teaching ethics make people more ethical? Whether it works or not hasn't been studied much, but I think that if it did, the world would probably have far more vegans and vegetarians, and far fewer unethical business practices.

The computer science and philosophy double-major aims to advance the field of AI ethics. Close Matthew Kearney was drawn to MIT by the culture of its cross-country team.

The discovery of previously unanalysed lecture notes in the Diocesan Library of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising provides new approaches to the thought of the famous philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831).

Dr Y. J. Erden and Philip Brey recently published a set of ethical guidelines for human enhancement research and development.

University of Bonn is conducting a pilot project with international partners.

In his new book, "Life Is Hard," MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya offers guidance for tackling the (many) problems we face.

There's something that everybody who has anything to do with the Centre for Islamic Theology (ZIT) notices especially: the numerous interfaces and the amount of dialogue with other disciplines in the