Philosophy and AI Speaker Series: Cameron Buckner, “Sentimental Machines”
Apr 17, 2023 - 4:00 pm-April 17, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Professor Cameron Buckner (University of Houston) will give a talk titled "Sentimental Machines: New Inspiration for Artificial Social and Moral Cognition from Adam Smith and Sophie De Grouchy."
Philosophy and AI Speaker Series: Robert Sparrow, “The testimony gap: Machines and reasons” [CANCELLED]
Apr 10, 2023 - 4:00 pm-April 10, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Professor Rob Sparrow (Monash University) will give a talk arguing that if AI presents a "responsibility gap" (roughly, AI cannot be held accountable for its outputs), then it also presents a "testimony gap" (roughly, AI cannot be held accountable for the epistemic value of its claims).
Philosophy and AI Speaker Series: Deborah Hellman, “Proxies and Their Significance”
Apr 7, 2023 - 4:00 pm-April 7, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Professor Deborah Hellman (University of Virginia) will give a talk exploring the nature and normative significance of proxies. For example, if the Supreme Court rules that university admissions may not consider race, what of other variables that are proxies for race?
Philosophy and AI Speaker Series: Erik J. Larson, “The Myth of Artificial Intelligence”
Apr 5, 2023 - 4:00 pm-April 5, 2023 @ 6:00 pm
Erik J. Larson, an author, tech entrepreneur, and computer scientist, will give a talk that surveys the landscape of AI and argues that it is misguided to think of artificial intelligence as akin to human intelligence.
Pizza and Public Ethics: Academic Freedom – Florida 2023
Mar 28, 2023 - 4:00 pm-March 28, 2023 @ 5:30 pm
The UF Ethics and the Public Sphere project is hosting an event on the topic of academic freedom, with presentations by Professor Clay Clavert and Dr. Paul Ortiz (and pizza!). The event is co-sponsored by the Philosophy Department.
Food & Talk – “Faking It or Making It: Is Artificial Intelligence Actually Intelligent?”
Nov 15, 2022 - 6:00 pm-November 15, 2022 @ 8:00 pm
Is artificial intelligence actually intelligent? Come join us for a discussion of this question (and pizza!) at our annual Food and Talk event on November 15. It is free and open to all UF undergraduates.
UF Law Justice in Conversation: Philosophy, Race, and Justice
Oct 26, 2022 - 3:00 pm-October 26, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
The University of Florida Levin College of Law Race and Crime Center for Justice is pleased to introduce their fall Justice in Conversation Series, where Dr. Arina Pismenny (UF) and Dr. Eduardo Medieta (Penn State) will discuss philosophy, race, and justice.
Colloquium Talk: Otávio Bueno
Oct 21, 2022 - 4:00 pm-October 21, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
Dr. Otávio Bueno (University of Miami) will give a colloquium talk, titled "Scientific Models and Modal Knowledge," exploring whether models in science are a source of modal knowledge.
Barry Lam: Discretion and the Law
Oct 20, 2022 - 4:00 pm-October 20, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
Over the course of a year in 2019 and again in 2022, Dr. Barry Lam (UC Riverside) embedded himself with police, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and judges looking for the philosophical issues that arise from the day-to-day administration of criminal justice. This talk discusses some of his findings and questions they raise about whether justice must sometimes be undemocratic.
Department Reception
Aug 22, 2022 - 4:00 pm-August 22, 2022 @ 5:00 pm
The Department of Philosophy will host a reception for its faculty and graduate students to mark the beginning of the new academic year and to welcome our new graduate students.