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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Implicature and the Interpretation of the Law (Part One)

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Paul Grice, originator of the theory of conversational implicature Consider the following example (lifted unashamedly from Steven Pink...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Schauer on (fMRI) Lie Detection in the Law (Part Two)

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(Part One ) This is the second part in short series of posts looking at Frederick Schauer’s article “Lie Detection, Neuroscience and t...
Sunday, December 9, 2012

Third Anniversary

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I almost forgot, but then I remembered. My first post on this blog was on Wednesday the 9th of December 2009. That makes this blog 3 yea...

Schauer on (fMRI) Lie Detection in the Law (Part One)

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Regular readers of this blog will be aware of my interest in scientific evidence and law. As part of that interest, I have spent some ti...
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Can death be a fitting punishment?

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This post is going to be about death, retribution, and the relationship between the two. It’s the last post I’m going to do on the philo...
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

The Reversal Test and Status Quo Bias

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Changing policies can often seem arduous, and undesirable, even when it might be for the best (ethically speaking). As a result, relucta...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Is the Death Penalty Irrevocable? (Part Two)

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( Part One ) This is the second part in a brief series of posts looking at Benjamin Yost’s discussion of the Irrevocability Argument a...