UAlbany Philosophy Department

The Department of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Albany

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

#UAlbany PhD Alumni publication

[Saleh Afroogh @AfrooghSaleh]

Just published: "Against AI Ethics" 📄

We challenge conventional ethical frameworks in AI research, arguing they enable ethics washing and stifle innovation in ethics. Time for new approaches to match AI's transformative impact.
Link: https://t.co/YsZcP0BqY7

#AIEthics #AI #ML

[UAlbany News @UAlbanyNews]

Is artificial intelligence the new scientist?

While AI tools can speed up tasks, @UAlbany philosopher Alessandra Buccella explains via @ConversationUS how the human aspects of conducting research are still crucial for driving creativity & meaning.
https://t.co/27Z2nFjk5O

[UAlbany News @UAlbanyNews]

NEWS: @UAlbany has launched an undergraduate minor in Ethics and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence, designed to provide students with a framework for examining how AI is transforming society and raising urgent ethical, legal & philosophical questions.
https://t.co/alBfrXNQ9y

[UAlbany News @UAlbanyNews]

U.S. doctors recently made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified pig kidney into a living patient. Yet growing human organs inside pigs remains off-limits.

@UAlbany bioethicist Monika Piotrowska shares her thoughts via @ConversationUS ⤵️
https://t.co/iPUPs6Rlge

[Cambridge University Press - Philosophy @CambUP_PHILNYUK]

Did you know that the Journal of the American Philosophical Association is open access?
Read the latest OA articles, at no costs to you 👉 https://t.co/rtj8SyOvQk
#PhilosophyMatters #Philosophy

[Robert Talisse @RobertTalisse]

Friendly reminder...

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

After a @ualbany BA in Philosophy, Daksha Bhatia entered Fordham Law and is now a corporate attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Learn about Daksha's path at our #Philosophy Alumni spotlight page https://t.co/QQxkux2Wec

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Congrats to Alison Castro, @ualbany student mentored by Prof. Monika Piotrowska, who has been accepted to the prestigious 2025 Hastings Center Summer Bioethics Program!
To learn more about the Summer program, see
https://t.co/BcJwNSNo1w

#Philosophy #bioethics

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

After UAlbany BA in Philosophy (with Bioethics and Law & Philosophy minors) and Political Science, Ivan Kristhiane Guzman Daquial entered Emory Law School and will graduate with a JD this May. Learn about Ivan's path at our Philosophy Alumni spotlight page https://t.co/QQxkux2Wec

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Congratulations to Gabrielle Hope on the submission of her Undergraduate Honors Thesis in Philosophy titled “Rawls on Justice in Gender: Tensions of Intervening in Gender Equality”!

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Congratulations to UAlbany #Philosophy Grad Alum L. Syd M Johnson (PhD, '09) on being promoted to Full Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University!

To learn more about Dr. Johnson's research, see the recent profile on our website: https://t.co/QtcM4iRnP3

#bioethics

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Thanks to everyone who presented & participated in the #Philosophy presentations today at the #UAlbanyShowcase on topics in History of Philosophy & Political Philosophy, Applied Ethics (incl. #AIEthics ) and #Bioethics, and themes in Feminist Philosophy. A few highlights...

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Philosophers tabling for AI+ at #UAlbanyShowcase
Pictured (L-R) Prof. Jason D'Cruz, Director of AI & Society College, Prof. Alessandra Buccella, expert in Philosophy of AI, & Elizabeth Gray, Philosophy Ph.D. student & Associate Director of the AI & Society Research Center

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Excited for UAlbany Showcase Day 2025 on Wednesday, 4/30! Grad students in Philosophy will present current research on Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Applied Ethics (incl. #Ethics & Philosophy of #AI) & #Bioethics, & Themes in Feminist Philosophy
#UAlbanyShowcase

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Please join us next week for a Philosophy Department Master’s Talk

“Sublation & the General Will: Reading Rousseau's Political Philosophy as Romantic”

Steven Hymowech
Thursday, April 24th
2 PM in Humanities Room HU-130

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Prof. Marcus Adams has published "Margaret Cavendish as Critic and Reviser of Hobbes on Matter and Motion" in Hobbes Studies

DOI: https://t.co/JK0uW7MTmZ

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

@2Philosophical_ Perhaps…. But Hobbes complicates the story since God arguably plays a minor (not at all?) role in his epistemology and natural philosophy but he lacks Hume’s worries.

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Exciting news! The new AI & Society college will be led by Director Jason D’Cruz, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy.

[University at Albany @ualbany]

UAlbany is launching an AI & Society College to prepare students for an AI-driven world!

With a focus on trust, equity, privacy & accountability, it’ll expand AI learning across all nine schools and colleges. https://t.co/ZJojcNWea4

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Exciting news! The new college will be led by Director Jason D’Cruz, an associate professor in the Department of #Philosophy

#aiethics

[UAlbany News @UAlbanyNews]

NEWS: @UAlbany is launching a new Artificial Intelligence & Society College to help prepare students to navigate a world radically changed by #AI with a focus on trustworthiness, equity, privacy & accountability.
https://t.co/0lH2S0UsJl

[UAlbany Philosophy Department @AlbanyPhilo]

Mock Law Class event sponsored by Pre-Law advising at UAlbany: Wed, 4/9 at 4pm in Catskill Room 160
Professor Kanika Johar with @AlbanyLaw