Philosophy Now Forum

Science is subject to the limitations of logic and language. But to deal with these limitations in a sensible and pragmatic way, science often decides what it means by a term. Thus, the rules of the game are established. The question that is relevant here is: Can science define identity objectively ...

The history of “identity” as a concept can be summarised broadly as an attempt to overcome a logical conundrum about “sameness” in the material world (think Ship of Theseus). When this failed, thinkers resorted to cognitive processes in their attempts to provide practical solutions (i.e. as applied ...

jpaatero’s is the kind of response that is both challenging and useful (which, unfortunately, is too rare today). Alexander Hoischen of Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, would agree with many of the comments. Hoischen, who was part of a research project into post-zygoti...

The human genome answers one question that has plagued philosophy since the remote past and still eludes social scientists today: Are we the same at all times or under all circumstances? Genetics gives us the answer which philosophy could not and cannot provide. We are. Issues like genetic determini...