The Flying and the Masked Man, One More Time: Comments on Peter Adamson and Fedor Benevich, ‘The Thought Experimental Method: Avicenna's Flying Man Argument’
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DOI: 10.1017/apa.2019.52
Abstract: Abstract This is a critical comment on Adamson and Benevich (2018), published in issue 4/2 of the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. I raise two closely related objections. The first concerns the objective of… read more here.
Keywords: man one; argument; flying masked; man ... See more keywords
One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Moon Microbes? Interpretations of Risk and the Limits of Quarantine in NASA’s Apollo Program
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DOI: 10.1086/724888
Abstract: As NASA prepared to land astronauts on the Moon in the 1960s, scientists and federal officials came to fear that they could bring lunar microorganisms back to Earth, with potentially grave consequences for human, plant,… read more here.
Keywords: one small; small step; man one; one giant ... See more keywords