Author: BIAP Research Manager

Chiara Panizza (Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Barcelona). I obtained my PhD in Analytic Philosophy from the University of Barcelona in January 2017 and I am currently employed at the University of Barcelona as the Research Manager of the Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP), through the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence grant CEX2021-001169-M (funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033).

Seeing Wrongness

On By BIAP Research ManagerIn Moral Perception, Philosophy of Mind

This is a post by Josefa (Pepa) Toribio (ICREA, University of Barcelona).

Some actions strike us as right or wrong—as morally charged. For example, imagine you see someone helping an elderly person cross the street. You might immediately feel that this is a good action. Conversely, if you witness someone being rude to a cashier, you might instantly sense that this behaviour is wrong. When we recognize that an action is wrong, what does this recognition involve? How should we understand this sensitivity to basic moral properties?

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Chatting with a Chatbot

On By BIAP Research ManagerIn Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, Philosophy of Language

This is a post by Patrick Connolly (University of Barcelona).

Tech innovation generally arrives on a predictable wave of hype and hyperbole, we’re used to this by now. It serves the economic interests of the companies proclaiming their latest developments to spread the idea that what they have created is a revolutionary development that will lead us towards utopia. Indeed, the overriding economic model of tech is based upon generating publicity in order to encourage investment and the creation of multi-billion-dollar stock market valuations for companies that lose billions of dollars every year.

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