This essay introduces some of the most urgent moral and societal issues related to Artificial Intelligence.
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Artificial Intelligence: The Possibility of Artificial Minds
An artificial intelligence or “AI” would be an entity that thinks or acts like an average human being—or even surpasses the average human being in cognitive abilities—yet is a machine or computer program. The idea of artificial intelligence is closely connected to several important philosophical discussions about the nature of minds. This essay is an introduction to philosophical thinking about artificial minds and AIs.
Arguments: Why Do You Believe What You Believe?
This essay is an introduction to what arguments are and how they can be good or bad.
Modal Logic: Axioms and Systems for Alethic Modal Logic
An introduction to the axioms and systems for alethic modal logic.
Philosophy and Race: An Introduction to Philosophy of Race
An introduction to philosophy and race.
Bayesianism
This essay is an introduction to Bayesianism. Bayesianism says that degrees of belief or justification can be represented by probabilities, and that we can assess the rationality of degrees of belief — of credences — by seeing whether they follow a certain set of rules.
Business Ethics
An introduction to business ethics, with an overview of the many relevant stakeholders whose interests are ethically important in business.
Modal Ontological Arguments for the Existence of God
An introduction to modal ontological arguments for the existence of God.
Cosmological Arguments for the Existence of God
An introduction to cosmological, often first-cause, arguments for the existence of God.
Formal Logic: Symbolizing Arguments in Sentential Logic
An introduction to sentential logic or symbolic logic.