Metaphysics: A Festschrift Panel Honouring Brian Cantwell SmithSmith

Описание: Metaphysics | Festschrift Honouring Professor Brian Cantwell Smith
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This video presents a panel on Metaphysics, part of the Festschrift honouring the late Professor Brian Cantwell Smith, a foundational thinker in artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science. Panelists engage with central metaphysical questions raised by Smith’s work, including issues of meaning, representation, realism, and the conceptual foundations underlying artificial intelligence and scientific practice.

Panelists
Joel Walmsley, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University College Cork
Joseph Rouse, Hedding Professor of Moral Science, Philosophy and College of Science and Technology Studies, Wesleyan University
Güven Güzeldere, Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness Researcher

Moderator
Karina Vold, Assistant Professor, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto

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This Festschrift brings together scholars across philosophy, computer science, and science and technology studies to reflect on Brian Cantwell Smith’s enduring influence and the continued relevance of his ideas for contemporary debates in AI and philosophy.