Scott Aaronson We're pleased to host Scott Aaronson to give a special seminar for the Natural Philosophy Forum. His title is Neurocryptography and AI Alignment Scott is a theoretical computer scientist and a leader in quantum computing and computational complexity theory. He has recently become interested in artificial intelligence and especially the alignment problem. His […]
Myisha Cherry (University of California, Riverside) I shall introduce a concept that I refer to as ‘racialized forgiveness.’ Cases that exemplify certain conditions which I take as paradigmatic of the problem of racialized forgiveness includes instances in which: (a) Who is forgiven and not is determined by the race of the offender; (b) Praise and criticisms of forgiveness are determined by the race of the victim; and (c) […]
Alex Voorhoeve, : London School of Economics A new World Bank Report, Open and Inclusive: Fair Processes for Financing Universal Health Coverage (worldbank.org), proposes a novel conception of fair decision processes in health financing. It argues that such procedural fairness can contribute to fairer outcomes, strengthen the legitimacy of decision processes, build trust in authorities, and promote […]
A Lovejoy Lecture, "Belief-that is Belief-in"
An Achinstein Lecture Gilman Hall 132, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218
Political Moral Thought, details coming soon.
Natural Philosophy Forum, details coming soon.
Early Modern History, details coming soon.
Gilman Hall 132, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218
A Staged Reading of Thomas Bernhard’s play Immanuel Kant (March 8 at JHU and March 10 at the Goethe-Institut in DC) Meet Immanuel Kant! He’s traveling with his attentive wife on a steamship somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, near the same iceberg that sank the Titanic. He is on the way to America to receive an […]
Political Moral Thought, topic coming soon.
From Perceptual Point of View to Interpretive Perspective Talk of perspectives is ubiquitous in both ordinary and theoretical discourse, across a wide range of domains including politics, religion, science, art, and personal relationships. The role of perspectives in interpretation is especially palpable in persistent disagreement. But such talk is metaphorical, and often murky. I identify […]