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Referência do artigo comentado: CID, R. R. L. Uma visão de mundo filosófica. Trans/Form/Ação: Revista de Filosofia da Unesp, v. 46, n. esp. “Filosofia Autoral Brasileira”, p. 571-596, 2023.

Commented Article: FREITAS, A. M. B. de; SANTOS, F. R. L. A brief discussion of the empirical plausibility of the Reflective Epistemic Agency. Trans/Form/Ação: Unesp journal of philosophy, v. 44, Special issue in honor of Ernest Sosa, p. 173-184, 2021.

In this essay, I apply Lowe’s theory of rational agency to God’s causal activity. I argue that Lowe’s account fits well the traditional notions that God acts in the world for reasons. In contrast to Lowe’s analysis of human causal agency, I argue that in the divine case, reasons for acting are not constituted by needs. They are constituted by God’s desires or plans. The fit between Lowe’s account of causal agency and the contours of divine causal agency motivate an argument in favor of Lowe’s theory. Any philosopher who is a theist ought to think Lowe’s account is likely to be true.

This essay might be construed as something of a missive in the vein of Kropotkin’s “An Appeal to the Young,” from old radicals who accomplished little, to young radicals who must accomplish much. We intend our remarks as preliminary, for it will be the young who will re-make the world, and in the process they will learn much to teach their descendants. This essay draws on both Marxist and anarchist currents in its formulation of revolutionary medicine for the current situation. Marx is necessary for his analysis of capitalism, his historical materialism, for his labor theory of value, for his formulation of history as the history of class struggle, for his emphasis on praxis. Anarchism is necessary for its hatred of capitalism, emphasis on freedom, its defiance of authority, and its radical democracy.

Los circuitos integrados bioinformadores bioluminiscentes (CIBB) son dispositivos que constan de una célula viva modificada por ingeniería genética para responder a un inductor determinado con luminiscencia, la cual es captada por un chip y convertida en una señal cuantificable. Se utilizaron inicialmente en la detección de agentes contaminantes, físicos o químicos, pero en la actualidad se realizan ensayos clínicos, en los cuales se utilizan linfocitos B para la detección de microorganismos patógenos y en la evaluación de la efectividad del tratamiento instaurado. Se plantea su posible uso en la detección precoz de células cancerosas y para monitorizar los niveles sanguíneos de sustancias útiles en el diagnóstico clínico.

Es evidente el impacto de la nanotecnología en la medicina. El desarrollo de nuevas herramientas para combatir microorganismos muestra lo prometedor de los avances en este campo. La fabricación de nanodispositivos inteligentes permitiría el diagnóstico temprano de lesiones celulares así como acceder a terapéuticas de alta efectividad y especificidad, que incluyen el control y reparación del DNA. A la par de estos avances es necesario profundizar en la reflexión bioética de la comunidad científica.