BJPS Short Reads

James Ladyman and Lorenzo Lorenzetti on understanding effective realism through the lens of structural realism Read the essay here: https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/standard-model-ladyman-lorenzetti/⁠

Francesca Bellazzi on what it means to say that a biochemical has a function. Read the essay here: https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/biochemical-functions-bellazzi/

Robert Williams and Richard Pettigrew ask how we should measure the accuracy of probabilities. Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-2iw

Ian Robertson, Julian Kiverstein, and Michael Kirchhoff discuss the literalist fallacy and realism about the free energy principle. They explore the ongoing debate on whether FEP models accurately represent phenomena or are just heuristic tools. The misconceptions surrounding organisms strictly adhering to FEP models and the role of realism and abstraction in scientific modeling are also examined.

David Oderberg, Jonathan Hill, Christopher Austin, Ingo Bojak, François Cinotti, and Jon Gibbins ask what mistakes mean for philosophy and biology. Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-2ix

David Thorstad asks if bounded agents can have both accuracy and coherence. Read the essay: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-2ba

Analog computation, properly understood, is the best candidate for characterizing neural computation, argues Corey J Maley. Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-29f.

Liam Kofi Bright and Remco Heesen ask how we determine what to pay attention to. Read the essay: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-1SW

Mario Hubert on how an investigation of the initial-value problem challenges our view of electromagnetism. Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-22Z

Michael te Vrugt asks if exchanging two indistinguishable particles changes anything. Read the essay here: https://wp.me/paiQQ4-22Z