Miroslav Vacura

Associate professor of philosophy at @vsecz

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Thank you for inviting me to the “6th International Conference on Philosophy of Mind: Artificial Intelligence (6ICPH),” held May 4–8 at the University of Porto (Portugal). I presented a paper titled “Emergence in LLMs: Conceptual Clarification and Philosophical Implications.” https://t.co/qIFgReCUmY

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

I presented the paper "From Prohibition to Integration: The Ethics of Generative AI in Scientific Publication" at the "Philosophy in Technology" conference, Wrocław, April 10-11. A great conference with many innovative presentations. https://t.co/EOsKzoWj8O

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Last week, I attended another excellent conference in Pardubice, "The Ethics of Moral Criticism: Moral Grandstanding, Social Punishment and Beyond." @BrandonWarmke gave an thought-provoking keynote speech on cancel culture. https://t.co/6UYTSKvwUE

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Last week, an inspiring conference entitled "(Not) Caring to Know: Vice Epistemology meets Situated Affectivity" took place in Pardubice. There were many inspiring lectures. Special thanks to Laura Candiotto for organizing the event. https://t.co/1n8DURjhTd

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

I recommend the video archive of lectures of the British Wittgenstein Society. Many excellent talks by leading experts. https://t.co/fxkNJqdgaG

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Link to the book (Czech only): https://t.co/PDLXHbSv3G

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Acta Comeniana 37 published Jan Buráň's review of our recently published book on Political Thought in the Early Modern Age, which also mentions my two chapters.
https://t.co/vGR1Pij2VU

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

A special issue of Acta Informatica Pragensia (edited by @DavidChudan and myself) was published, dedicated to the topic of "Theory and Practice of Generative Artificial Intelligence". It deals also with philosophical and social aspects of GenAI. https://t.co/lNJxfKQjEy

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

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[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Thanks for inviting me to “Author Meets Critics” session of #SPT2025 conference to discuss “The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education” with co-editor @diamartin . It was a great and inspiring talk. The book is very comprehensive and is useful for anyone involved in applied ethics education. In addition, it is available for free in Open Access mode (link bellow).

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

I am preparing for my talk on philosophy of AI robots at the #SPT2025 conference (Eindhoven, Netherlands) while listening to an inspiring presentation by @SabinaLeonelli.

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Katedra filosofie FF ZČU pořádá doktorandskou interdisciplinární konferenci o umělé inteligenci 17.10.2025. CFP - abstrakt do 25.5. https://t.co/E7HkhAHQRr

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

I presented the paper "The Role of Rationality in AI Motivation" at the "Philosophy in Technology" conference, Krakow, April 25-26. I thank the other participants for their many interesting and inspiring contributions. 👍https://t.co/EGbdlPoGjU

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

The Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic invited me on April 7 as a discussant for the paper "Pierre Bourdieu as a Hobbesian modernist" by Nikola Balaš. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this interesting topic. https://t.co/DWK2acR0bb

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

I presented paper "Are we ready? A philosophical insight into the impact of LLM-equipped AI agents on society" at the conference "What Comes After GenAI? Exploring the Limits of One-Size-Fits-All AI for Democracy and Knowledge", which we held on 7-8 February 2025 at @vsecz . Thank you to all the discussants for their stimulating questions and comments.

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

We invite you to the conference "What Comes After GenAI? Exploring the Limits of One-Size-Fits-All AI for Democracy and Knowledge" at @vsecz on 7-8 February, which we are organizing together with @symboliev and @PSpecian . You can find the program here: https://t.co/86cIRMQfsL

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

Hobbes Bulletin published my review of Jiří Chotaš's (@FLU_AV_CR) excellent study of Hobbes.
(Text in French)
https://t.co/QJ9SSsSid1

[Miroslav Vacura @vacura]

CFP for a special issue of Acta Informatica Pragensia (edited by @DavidChudan and myself). We welcome empirical, theoretical and opinion articles. We are interested not only in technological aspects, but especially in philosophical, ethical, social and business aspects. https://t.co/fqk1ysjwt5