Arif Ahmed
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3874412 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Arif Ahmed |
| NOMBRES | Arif |
| APELLIDO | Ahmed |
| FIRMA | AHMED A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7826-3335 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Where Pains Are
The so-called pain-in-mouth argument is the step from (1) There is a pain in my finger, and (2) My finger is in my mouth, to (3) There is a pain in my mouth. According to Tye (Citation1995a, Citation1995b) and Carruthers (Citation2000), the best explanation of what is wrong or misleading with this argument appeals to the experiential theory of pain. This paper is about what a defender of the bodily theory of pain should say about (1)–(3). One alt…
The Independent Effects of Educational Attainment and Mass Media Exposure on Overweight and Obesity Among Bangladeshi Women
Problems regarding obesity and being overweight are growing, not only in industrialized countries but also in developing countries. This study aimed to examine the effects of education and mass media on urban and rural women suffering from weight issues and obesity in Bangladesh, a developing country. The data were from the 2017 Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Bangladesh among women aged 15–49. The data were analyzed using the chi-squa…
We academics must fight the mob – now
Choosing for Changing Selves, Richard Pettigrew. Oxford
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Free speech and universities
In March 2020 Cambridge University proposed a ‘free speech’ policy requiring (inter alia): (a) that academics, students, staff and visitors ‘respect’ the opinions and ‘identities’ of others. (b) that the University may prohibit speaker events that it reasonably expects to threaten the ‘welfare’ of students, staff or the general public
Belief and religious ‘belief’
Is the analysis of religion best conducted in terms of the beliefs of its practitioners? I describe a Wittgenstein-inspired approach to belief on which it is dubious that religious practices satisfy the criteria for the attribution of belief. I defend this more moderate and plausible version of Needham's thesis against two natural reasons to think religious belief widespread
Don’t Look Now
Good’s theorem is the apparent platitude that it is always rational to ‘look before you leap’: to gather (reliable) information before making a decision when doing so is free. We argue that Good’s theorem is not platitudinous and may be false. And we argue that the correct advice is rather to ‘make your act depend on the answer to a question’. Looking before you leap is rational when, but only when, it is a way to do this. 1. Introduction2. Good’…
Causal Decision Theory and EPR correlations
Causal Decision Theory and the Fixity of the Past
Causal decision theory (CDT) cares only about the effects of a contemplated act, not its causes. The article constructs a case in which CDT consequently recommends a bet that the agent is certain to lose, rather than a bet that she is certain to win. CDT is plainly giving wrong advice in this case. It therefore stands refuted. 1 The Argument 2 The Argument in More Detail 2.1 The betting mechanism 2.2 Soft determinism 2.3 The content of P 2.4 The …
Causal Decision Theory
The essay presents a novel counterexample to Causal Decision Theory (CDT). Its interest is that it generates a case in which CDT violates the very principles that motivated it in the first place. The essay argues that the objection applies to all extant formulations of CDT and that the only way out for that theory is a modification of it that entails incompatibilism. The essay invites the reader to find this consequence of CDT a reason to reject …
Push the Button
The article discusses a well-known type of counterexample to Causal Decision Theory (CDT), in which CDT recommends an option that probably causes the best outcome while itself being evidence that it causes the worst. Intuition disagrees. Many philosophers accept that this justifies either modifying CDT or dropping it altogether. I argue to the contrary that ( a ) if intuition is right about this case, then transitivity of preference must be viola…
Obesity and Dental Caries in Children Aged 2‐6 Years in the United States
There appears to be no significant association between childhood obesity and caries experience after controlling forage, race, and poverty/income ratio. However, further studies are needed to better understand this relationship
Saul Kripke (Continuum Contemporary American Thinkers)
Evidential Decision Theory and Medical Newcomb Problems
Huw Price ([1991]) has offered evidential decision theorists a defence against the charge that they make unintuitive recommendations for cases like Newcomb's Problem. He says that when conditional probabilities are assessed from the agent's point of view, evidential decision theory makes the same recommendation as intuition. I argue that calculating the probabilities in Price's way leads to no recommendation. It condemns the agent to perpetual os…
Don’t Look Now
Good’s theorem is the apparent platitude that it is always rational to ‘look before you leap’: to gather (reliable) information before making a decision when doing so is free. We argue that Good’s theorem is not platitudinous and may be false. And we argue that the correct advice is rather to ‘make your act depend on the answer to a question’. Looking before you leap is rational when, but only when, it is a way to do this. 1. Introduction2. Good’…
Causal Decision Theory
The essay presents a novel counterexample to Causal Decision Theory (CDT). Its interest is that it generates a case in which CDT violates the very principles that motivated it in the first place. The essay argues that the objection applies to all extant formulations of CDT and that the only way out for that theory is a modification of it that entails incompatibilism. The essay invites the reader to find this consequence of CDT a reason to reject …
Causal Decision Theory and the Fixity of the Past
Causal decision theory (CDT) cares only about the effects of a contemplated act, not its causes. The article constructs a case in which CDT consequently recommends a bet that the agent is certain to lose, rather than a bet that she is certain to win. CDT is plainly giving wrong advice in this case. It therefore stands refuted. 1 The Argument 2 The Argument in More Detail 2.1 The betting mechanism 2.2 Soft determinism 2.3 The content of P 2.4 The …
Causal Decision Theory and EPR correlations
Push the Button
The article discusses a well-known type of counterexample to Causal Decision Theory (CDT), in which CDT recommends an option that probably causes the best outcome while itself being evidence that it causes the worst. Intuition disagrees. Many philosophers accept that this justifies either modifying CDT or dropping it altogether. I argue to the contrary that ( a ) if intuition is right about this case, then transitivity of preference must be viola…
Evidential Decision Theory and Medical Newcomb Problems
Huw Price ([1991]) has offered evidential decision theorists a defence against the charge that they make unintuitive recommendations for cases like Newcomb's Problem. He says that when conditional probabilities are assessed from the agent's point of view, evidential decision theory makes the same recommendation as intuition. I argue that calculating the probabilities in Price's way leads to no recommendation. It condemns the agent to perpetual os…
Saul Kripke (Continuum Contemporary American Thinkers)
Obesity and Dental Caries in Children Aged 2‐6 Years in the United States
There appears to be no significant association between childhood obesity and caries experience after controlling forage, race, and poverty/income ratio. However, further studies are needed to better understand this relationship
Push the Button
The article discusses a well-known type of counterexample to Causal Decision Theory (CDT), in which CDT recommends an option that probably causes the best outcome while itself being evidence that it causes the worst. Intuition disagrees. Many philosophers accept that this justifies either modifying CDT or dropping it altogether. I argue to the contrary that ( a ) if intuition is right about this case, then transitivity of preference must be viola…
Causal Decision Theory
The essay presents a novel counterexample to Causal Decision Theory (CDT). Its interest is that it generates a case in which CDT violates the very principles that motivated it in the first place. The essay argues that the objection applies to all extant formulations of CDT and that the only way out for that theory is a modification of it that entails incompatibilism. The essay invites the reader to find this consequence of CDT a reason to reject …
Causal Decision Theory and EPR correlations
Causal Decision Theory and the Fixity of the Past
Causal decision theory (CDT) cares only about the effects of a contemplated act, not its causes. The article constructs a case in which CDT consequently recommends a bet that the agent is certain to lose, rather than a bet that she is certain to win. CDT is plainly giving wrong advice in this case. It therefore stands refuted. 1 The Argument 2 The Argument in More Detail 2.1 The betting mechanism 2.2 Soft determinism 2.3 The content of P 2.4 The …
Don’t Look Now
Good’s theorem is the apparent platitude that it is always rational to ‘look before you leap’: to gather (reliable) information before making a decision when doing so is free. We argue that Good’s theorem is not platitudinous and may be false. And we argue that the correct advice is rather to ‘make your act depend on the answer to a question’. Looking before you leap is rational when, but only when, it is a way to do this. 1. Introduction2. Good’…
Belief and religious ‘belief’
Is the analysis of religion best conducted in terms of the beliefs of its practitioners? I describe a Wittgenstein-inspired approach to belief on which it is dubious that religious practices satisfy the criteria for the attribution of belief. I defend this more moderate and plausible version of Needham's thesis against two natural reasons to think religious belief widespread
We academics must fight the mob – now
Choosing for Changing Selves, Richard Pettigrew. Oxford
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Free speech and universities
In March 2020 Cambridge University proposed a ‘free speech’ policy requiring (inter alia): (a) that academics, students, staff and visitors ‘respect’ the opinions and ‘identities’ of others. (b) that the University may prohibit speaker events that it reasonably expects to threaten the ‘welfare’ of students, staff or the general public
The Independent Effects of Educational Attainment and Mass Media Exposure on Overweight and Obesity Among Bangladeshi Women
Problems regarding obesity and being overweight are growing, not only in industrialized countries but also in developing countries. This study aimed to examine the effects of education and mass media on urban and rural women suffering from weight issues and obesity in Bangladesh, a developing country. The data were from the 2017 Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Bangladesh among women aged 15–49. The data were analyzed using the chi-squa…
Where Pains Are
The so-called pain-in-mouth argument is the step from (1) There is a pain in my finger, and (2) My finger is in my mouth, to (3) There is a pain in my mouth. According to Tye (Citation1995a, Citation1995b) and Carruthers (Citation2000), the best explanation of what is wrong or misleading with this argument appeals to the experiential theory of pain. This paper is about what a defender of the bodily theory of pain should say about (1)–(3). One alt…
Epistemology (7 obras) · Philosophy (7 obras) · Mathematical economics (6 obras) · Mathematics (6 obras) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (5 obras) · Decision analysis (4 obras) · Decision theory (4 obras) · Economics (4 obras) · Causal decision theory (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras)