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Bernecker Selected as Humboldt Professor at Cologne (updated)

October 26, 2015

Sven Bernecker, professor of philosophy at the University of California, Irvine, is one of the recipients of the latest round of Humboldt Professorships. The…
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Philosopher Wins $50,000 Hiett Prize

September 16, 2015

Scott Samuelson, associate professor of philosophy and humanities at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, is the 2015 recipient of the Hiett Prize in the…
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APA’s Inaugural Joyce Mitchell Cook Award Winner Announced

January 27, 2015

Kathryn Gines, assistant professor of philosophy at Pennsylvania State University, has been named the inaugural winner of the American Philosophical Association’s Joyce Mitchell Cook…

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Re 1 — A response to Williams College philosophy prof. Joe Cruz on the importance of writing, from a Williams alum: https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-a-college-professor-writing-is
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Alan Sidelle's "On the prospects for a theory of personal identity" in Philosophical Topics 26 (1-2): 351-72. 1999.
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Kate on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
Sorry you're right, not sure how i missed that but i did
Milan on An Open Letter from Academics about AI Risk / Life Without the Internet & the Case for Non-Network Redundancy
This seems to carry risks of political repression. Various countries have recently restricted internet access to suppress political protest/unrest. One reason these attempts had limited to success is…
WiseGuy on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
of course.. they gave it to him and not me.
David Wallace on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
Let’s stipulate that Dropbox genuinely has no ties to AI companies. What about using Gmail or OneDrive? I don’t see how one could consistently (e.g.) abjure using Gemini…
David Wallace on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
That’s my (4): no objection in principle but it is probably sensible to draw a bright line.
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Surreptitiously
Michael on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
Yes, memory is narrative storytelling using context triggered neurological networks. Freud speculated about memory traces, Friston called the Bayesian probability clouds.
Luca Barlassina on A Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows
Amazing! Congrats!
Patrick Lin on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
I assume they'll be using the rigorous standard set by the US Supreme Court: "I'll know it when I see it."
Nicolas Delon on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
How do you get credit anonymously?
Meme on New Study on AI’s Philosophical Skills
Still need someone to start it (I’m more of an “ideas guy who will take all the credit” myself).
Jukka on AI in Peer Review: Practices & Policies
That's a laudable editorial practice. But AI & Society and a social contract between readers and journals: well, I turn to Jill; https://jilltxt.net/misaligned-citations-and-llm-generated-scientific-fraud/

Tag: award

Bernecker Selected as Humboldt Professor at Cologne (updated)

Philosopher Wins $50,000 Hiett Prize

APA’s Inaugural Joyce Mitchell Cook Award Winner Announced