Philosophy and Technology

Careers in Ontology: An Interview with Professor Barry Smith

In this interview, the Blog’s Philosophy and Technology Series Editor Charlie Taben interviews Barry Smith, who is a Distinguished Julian Park Professor of Philosophy and Professor...

Deadly Drones, Killer Trollies

The following piece was originally published in The Philosophical Salon. The US military’s remote warfare has recklessly killed hundreds more civilians than previously disclosed, including many...
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The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Thinking about Artificial Intelligence

This blog was originally published on the Ada Lovelace Institute website. It has been reproduced under Creative Commons License CC BY 4.0 and with permission from...
Nietzsche and the Machines

Nietzsche and the Machines

The following piece was originally posted in The Philosophers' Magazine. There is a lot of grandstanding going on today about the ethics of machines. Intellectuals have...

New Technology Research Editor: Interview with Charlie Taben

The Blog of the APA is proud to welcome Charlie Taben as the new Philosophy and Technology Research series editor. Charlie previously worked as an editor...
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A Category Mistake: Benchmarking Ethical Decisions for AI Systems Using Moral Dilemmas

This blog post combines insights from ‘Moral Dilemmas for Moral Machines’, published in AI and Ethics, and a related project, ‘Metaethical Perspectives on “Benchmarking”...

Nietzsche’s Fatalism: Interview with Brian Leiter

The central charter of this series is exploring the evolving relationship among science, philosophy, and faith, with a focus on the import of modern...
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Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Technology as Part of Nature

In this second to last piece of the Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology series, I frame the final interview to be published in...

Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Knowledge and Faith – Interview with Jacob Howland

The central question for this blog series has been the evolving relationship among science, philosophy, and faith.  I have previously made the case that...
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Philosophy and the Mirror of Technology: Spinoza’s Religion – Interview with Clare Carlisle

The central goal of this series is to explore the evolving relationship among faith, science and philosophy, with a focus on the import of...