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Technology and Aesthetic Meaning

...by Sean D. Kelly, in the context of art. He acknowledges that the technology is revolutionary, but makes the fundamental point that mimicking our nature does not equate to human...

Nietzsche’s Fatalism: Interview with Brian Leiter

...post, Sean D. Kelly traced the genealogy of redemption in the Western tradition and, previewing his upcoming book, The Proper Dignity of Human Being, discussed the existential threat of technology....

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Technology as Part of Nature

...exploration of the evolving relationship among science, philosophy, and faith. The final interview, in which Brian Leiter will explore Nietzsche’s fatalism, was prompted by Sean Kelly’s two-part essay published in...

APA Announces New Committee Appointments

...Career Opportunities and Placement Lauren Ashwell (Bates College) — Associate Chair Megan Altman (Cornell College) Michael Nelson (UC Riverside) Kelly Trogdon (Virginia Tech) Asian and Asian American Philosophers and Philosophies...

Can You See Something Better than Philosophy?

...Katherine’s professor last semester, Sean D. Kelly, who so thoughtfully wrote about authenticity just last December on this site, focuses criticism on self-optimization, and he has reason. “Instrumentality” is deeper...

Interview with Sean D. Kelly: A Genealogy of Redemption in the Western Tradition (Part 2)

This edition of Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology is the second installment of a two-part interview with Sean Kelly. Read the first part here. Last week we began a...

Interview with Sean D. Kelly: A Genealogy of Redemption in the Western Tradition (Part 1)

This edition of Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology is the first installment of a two-part interview with Sean D. Kelly. The next installment will be published Tuesday, December 14....

Sean D. Kelly

Sean D. Kelly holds a Harvard College Professorship. His work focuses on various aspects of the philosophical, phenomenological, and cognitive neuroscientific nature of human experience. This gives him a broad...

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: A Blog Series on Science, Philosophy and Faith

...and Sean D Kelly on The Proper Dignity of Human Being, exploring what it means to be authentic in our post-modern, technological world.   In sum, I will cover a broad...

Contributors

...Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research...