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We are only seeking man. We have no need of other worlds. We need mirrors. –Stanisław Lem, Solaris  Machines, artificial intelligences (AI), can now produce creative works such as art, language, and gameplay so impressive that they are occasionally indistinguishable from the creative works of skilled humans. Despite this indistinguishability, many of us still have [] The post Synthetic Disenchantment first appeared on Blog of the APA .

The flow of evidence is pervasively impacted by social dynamics. One straightforward illustration of this point is that individuals routinely give evidence to one another. If I want you to believe that my dog’s name is Buffy, I might simply tell you her name or I might show you her passport. But if for some [] The post On Epistemic Domination first appeared on Blog of the APA .

Question: how can you be dishonest with deepfakes? Answer: create and share deepfakes. Ok, that’s much too glib. But it turns out, in my view, it’s not all that far from the truth. It’s more difficult than you might think to use deepfakes honestly. Let me explain. What’s a deepfake? First, what are deepfakes? I’ll [] The post How to Be Dishonest with Deepfakes first appeared on Blog of the APA .

Marguerite Porete said nothing as her life was taken from her. Or so goes the legend. The facts, according to reliable sources, are these: She was declared a heretic by a council of theologians, refused to recant her views, and was turned over to secular authorities by the zealous inquisitor William of Paris. According to [] The post A Soul From Whom Nothing Can be Taken: Marguerite Porete—Mystic and Philosopher first appeared on Blog of the APA .

Political scholars and commentators often lament low turnout in elections. Declining participation in established and more recent democracies has long been treated as a warning sign. Normatively, citizens who do not participate politically cannot see themselves as co-authors of the laws they must obey. Empirically, representatives tend to be more responsive to voters than non-voters. [] The post Is Compulsory Voting More Democratic? first appeared on Blog of the APA .

It’s not about self-improvement. It’s about being a good member of society.

It’s astonishing how relentlessly Western philosophy has strained to prove we are not squirrels.

Not a day goes by that speakers of the Yoruba language do not make mention of death as both a phenomenon and a certainty.

Five years after his death, the dystopian world that his music describes seems closer than ever. But maybe he can show us a way out of it.

The pastures of digital dictatorship — crowded conditions, mass surveillance, virtual reality — are already here.

New and revised entries at online philosophy resources, new reviews of philosophy books, new podcast episodes, and more—including, now, a section on recently published open access philosophy books ...

When did analytic philosophy begin? Many who ask that question answer: 1879, the year Gottlob Freges Begriffsschrift was published.  But how did Frege, a math professor whose studies originally focused...

Philosophers at  Northeastern University have been awarded two substantial grants for work related to artificial intelligence. One is a $400,000 grant to Katie Creel and John Basl from the Alfred P...

Barbara Vetter, professor of  theoretical philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, has been awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG). The Leibniz Prize...

A new peer-reviewed open-access journal, Experimental Philosophy, has been launched. . According to a description on its website, Experimental Philosophy is an open-access journal founded to enable...

Despite centuries of trying, the term ‘religion’ has proven impossible to define. Then why does it remain so necessary? - by Kwame Anthony Appiah...

What does it mean to ‘be’? This excerpt provides a brief intro to Heidegger’s philosophy, via jazz, cooking and carpentry - by Aeon Video ...

We once denied the suffering of animals in pain. As AIs grow more complex, we run the danger of making the same mistake - by Conor Purcell ...

Travel the roads of the Roman Empire – a bold project mapping 300,000 km of a vast, ancient network is brought to life - by Aeon Video Watch...

Liberalism hasn’t delivered on its promises in Africa. The alternative will be found in ideas rooted in Africa’s own soil - by Gabriel Asuquo...