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UT Philosophy was well represented at the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association. Professor Allred and current MA students Bekah Asp participated in a panel on teaching philosophy, organized by former MA student, Michael Hyde, now in the PhD program at University of Nebraska - Lincoln. And former MA students Gus Skorburg (who now has a PhD from the University of Oregon and is a tenured professor at Guelph in Canada) gave an excellent talk on philosophy and AI ethics.

If I missed any UT philosophy affiliated folks, please tag yourself!

Philosophers On GPT-3 (updated with replies by GPT-3) - Daily Nous Nine philosophers explore the various issues and questions raised by the newly released language model, GPT-3, in this edition of Philosophers On, guest edited by Annette Zimmermann. Introduction Annette Zimmermann, guest editor GPT-3, a powerful, 175 billion parameter language model developed recen...

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As we tackle changes to society brought by technology and especially by AI, philosophy has an important role to play in raising underlying ontological and ethical concerns, and philosophers at UT are at the forefront of both.

Thanks to John Sarnecki for a fascinating presentation on philosophical problems as part of UT’s interdisciplinary conference on AI and medicine.

https://theconversation.com/studying-philosophy-does-make-people-better-thinkers-according-to-new-research-on-more-than-600-000-college-grads-262681?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwMWgFdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHiBB8Mixaf1mxpJAGxjMxnalMeLUMZR_5l6jOMS6T72vwspCpSk5egsBKp7L_aem_xyq5eLFFHTxIkbu-MO6mfA

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

Happy World Philosophy Day 2024!

World Philosophy Day 21 November

Looking forward to seeing everyone at this super interesting and, well, timely talk.

The philosophy podcast space has really blossomed over the past several years. Check out this updated list of philosophy podcasts. Lots of really great stuff here.

Podcasts Stay up to date on the newest episodes from all over the internet.

Just incredible.

Plato’s final hours recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash Newly deciphered passages outline Greek philosopher’s burial place and describe critique of slave musician

Department Offerings in Philosophy for Fall 2024.