How to think in the age of AI
In a world transformed by tech, philosophy is more vital than ever.
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David Edmonds
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Thought Experiment 5: Wittgenstein’s Beetle
Language can function only because there are public criteria for acceptable usage.
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Thought Experiment 4. Becoming a Vampire
Entering into a transformative experience means making a decision about what kind of “you” you want to be.
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Thought experiment 3: The Gettier Problem
How the American philosopher Edmund Gettier’s argument complicates our understanding of what constitutes knowledge.
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Thought experiment 2: The Unconscious Violinist
How the American ethicist Judith Jarvis Thomson’s defence of bodily autonomy can be transposed on to the right to…
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Thought experiment 1: The Chinese Room
The American philosopher John Searle’s defence of human intelligence now has to confront today’s sophisticated AI algorithms.
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Welcome to the realm of the thought experiment
What do a hurtling trolley, a shallow pond and a famous violinist all have in common?
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Derek Parfit: the perfectionist at All Souls
Brilliant and eccentric, the Oxford philosopher spent his career grappling with fundamental moral questions.
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Don’t demonise the rabble: why everything you think about crowds is wrong
We are programmed to fear crowds, but a new style of policing shows that we shouldn’t be so worried.
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