The P-Value Podcast
A podcast on philosophy and science and everything in between hosted by Dr. Rachael Brown from Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University.
Episodes
13 episodes
Defining Life
Can we know the answer to the question "what is life?"? Could our definitions of life blinker us to new life forms we might find in the future?
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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12:45
The Metaphysics of Pregnancy
A bun in the oven? Eating for two? So many of our common phrases regarding pregnancy presume that pregnancy involves two distinct entities —the foetus and the maternal organism in which it resides. This sort of “container model’ of pregnancy pe...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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19:46
Is there such a thing as human nature?
It's not uncommon to hear "human nature" trucked out to explain all sorts of phenomena from war to human nurturing and cooperation. How scientifically valid are such claims? Is there such a thing as human nature? If so, what is it? In this epis...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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19:32
Do scientists have a moral obligation to be public champions of science?
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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15:08
Inductive Risk: Why social and ethical values should influence which hypotheses scientists accept
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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16:01
Choosing The Best Possible Child: The Ethics of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Pre-Implanatation Genetic Diagnosis is a technology with the great potential to reduce suffering but it also can be mis-used. What purposes should we use PGD for? Where should we draw the line?
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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16:00
Personal Genomics: Who owns your genome?
What is personal genomics? What is it used for? What sort of ethical issues surround this technology in society?EDIT: At 7:54 I describe Huntington's Disease as recessive but it is dominant
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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16:05