The history of mankind is filled with examples of hierarchical power being used in positive, responsible, and constructive ways for the common good in...
Below is the audio recording of Margaret Atherton’s John Dewey Lecture, “My History: Becoming an Historian of Philosophy,” given at the 2017 Central Division...
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From Sunday July 7th through Thursday July 11th, 2024, the Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) held its annual conference at the...
Andrew Allison is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Calgary. His research interests are in finance ethics, political...
In the last post of this series, I introduced the issue of algorithmic bias. Inspired by the well-meaning but ultimately flawed efforts of Google’s chatbot, Gemini, towards inclusivity, I looked at the challenges of addressing bias—such as the conceptual ambiguity of terms like 'fairness' and the inherent subjectivity in correcting bias. This raised the fundamental question of how best to approach the issue: should we adopt a normative stance, based on how we think the world should be, or a descriptive one, reflecting how the world actually is? The former approach has subjectivity problems, risks distorting the truth, and importantly might deprive us of insights into inequality that we need to address. However, bias is damaging on so many levels and needs to be dealt with somehow.
Vasilis Grollios is currently an independent postdoctoral researcher and author of the new book, Illusion and Fetishism in Critical Theory: A study of Nietzsche,...
AI developers have rapidly integrated their products into society, including the education sector. This has made us, the educators, feel overwhelmed and threatened, and...
Ex Machina (2014)
Arrival (2016)
Annihilation (2018)
I Am Mother (2019)
I am a huge science fiction film buff. In my adolescence, I was a prolific reader of so...
