EMU Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy CFP Below is the advertisement for this Fall’s EMU Undergraduate Conference in Philosophy.  If you have undergrads who are interested in presenting their work in Chinese philosophy at an undergraduate conference, we enthusiastically welcome such papers.  The conference has been very successful in welcoming students from across the country, and even internationally.  Prior conference programs can […]
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LuFlot: The first philosopher-powered chatbot Portraits by Mara Lavitt; Image courtesy of Yale University Philosophy of technology students now have a new tool at their disposal. The Luciano Floridi Bot, also known as LuFlot, is an AI-powered online tool designed to democratize access to philosophical material and foster engagement with the works of philosopher and Director of Yale’s Digital Ethics […]
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APA announces new AI2050 Prizes The American Philosophical Association (APA) is pleased to announce the establishment of the APA AI2050 Prizes, supported by Schmidt Sciences. The APA AI2050 Prizes are awarded in recognition of outstanding philosophical scholarship (including interdisciplinary scholarship that engages philosophical issues) addressing any of the AI2050 Hard Problems. There are two prizes: one for an early-career researcher […]
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Two Principles of Academic Ethics Some time ago, while I was advising a doctoral student regarding her search for an academic position, she showed me her graduate school transcript. I noted that she had been awarded an A in every course but one; in that single instance, she had received a B. When I asked about that anomaly, she replied, […]
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An Alternative to Argumentation: Persuasion via Questions In my last post, I introduced Julia Galef’s way of thinking about motivated reasoning, what she calls soldier mindset: people take ideas personally, and then respond with defensiveness when “their” ideas are attacked. Among other things, soldier mindset leads people to evaluate evidence in a different way, depending on whether it supports their favored ideas […]
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