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Re-evaluating heterogeneity in evidence synthesis
Published: 2025-04-01
Subjects: Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Other Philosophy, Philosophy
Evidence Synthesis, in the form of systematic review and meta-analysis, has seen an enormous increase in recent years, across many different scientific disciplines. However, philosophers have paid comparatively little attention to evidence synthesis, while the majority of analyses are predominantly negative and focus primarily on the use of meta-analysis in medicine. One of the main critiques of [...]
Living Through Multispecies Societies: Approaching the Microbiome with Imanishi Kinji
Published: 2022-06-12
Subjects: Arts and Humanities, Other Philosophy, Philosophy
Recent research about the microbiome points to a picture in which we, humans, are living through nature, and nature itself is living in us. Our bodies are hosting – and depend on – the multiple species that constitute human microbiota. This article will discuss current research on the microbiome through the ideas of Japanese ecologist Imanishi Kinji (1902-1992). First, some of Imanishi’s key [...]