Presentations
Machine Consciousness / Philosophy of Mind
“BICA-Mary”. Featured speaker, Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures/HLAI 2018, Prague Aug. 2018.
“Engineering Machine Consciousness - A Conceptual Framework.” With N. Block, R. Sanz, and M, Johnsson. International Association for Computing And Philosophy, Warsaw, 2018.
"Functional, Phenomenal and Hard Consciousness for Robots?” American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago, Feb. 2018.
“Can we Build a Conscious Robot?” BICA Congress, Moscow, Aug. 2017.
“Meta-computable Consciousness.” IS$SI, Gothenburg, Chalmers University, Jul. 2017.
“Non-Reductive Artificial Intelligence.” Shanghai CSTS Workshop, B. Goertzel’s Workshop, Jul. 2017.
“Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness.” Three Faculty Seminars, University of Canterbury, NZ, Jul. 2016.
"Rather Simple Non-Reductive Consciousness” Session: Unity and Self, at: The Science of Consciousness, Tucson AZ Apr. 29, 2016.
“Designing a Conscious Robot.” Forum, The Science of Consciousness, Tucson Apr. 25, 2016. Available at: http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/2016WorkshopRobot.htm.
"The Hard-Consciousness Revisited.” “FEEL” Philosophical Workshop, Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Paris 5, Feb. 15, 2016.
"The Engineering Thesis and Moral Partiality," Sorbonne Workshop, Paris, Feb 16, 2016.
"BICA Philosophy – Main Challenges in Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures," plenary lecture, The World Congress on Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures, Lyon, 2015 Nov. 24.
"A Highly Deflationary theory of the Subject,” Polish Congress of Philosophy, Poznan, Sept 10, 2015.
"Non-Reductive Consciousness may be more like Hardware than Software," Polish Congress of Philosophy, Poznan, Sept 18, 2015.
"Fichte May Help with a Deflationary Non-Reductive View on Consciousness," 10th Annual International Conference on Philosophy, Athens, May 26 2015.
"Advanced Self-Conscious Robots," Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures Congress, MIT, Boston Nov. 07, 2014.
"Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness -- how naturalism can be non-reductive” Australian National University, Thursday Philosophy Seminar, Canberra, Australia Aug. 28, 2014.
"Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness and Creativity Machines” University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Aug 19, 2014.
"Can pure subject be defended?" University of Otago, Philosophy Seminar, New Zealand Aug 13, 2014.
"Non-reductive machine consciousness?" 2014 AAP Conference, Canberra, June 09, 2014.
"What Mary did not know: Non-Reductive Naturalistic Consciousness Theory," Rzeszow University, May 2014.
"Why I am not Afraid of Singularity," Round Table on Singularity (org. V. Guliciuk), World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, September 2013.
"Theories of Non-Reductive Consciousness," Logic and Philosophy of Science Seminar, UAM, Department of Philosophy, March 2014.
"Is Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness Possible," Cognitive Science Colloquium, UAM, Department of Psychology, Jan. 2014.
"Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness. Philosophy and Theory of Artificial Intelligence, poster Oxford, UK, Sept. 2013.
"BICA as a chance of creating conscious machines," Cognitive Science Conference, Warsaw University, Oct. 2012.
"Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness?" Polish Congress of Philosophy, September 2012.
"Is Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness Possible?" SLAPSA, St. Louis, February 2012.
"Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness," APA Central Division, Chicago, Invited Session, February 2012.
"Metaphysical Theory of Information: Beyond the Theory of L. Floridi," PHAEDE International Congress, Succeava, October 2011.
"Machine Consciousness from Two Perspectives," Bridging the Robotics Gap, University of Twente, The Netherlands (co-authored and presented with Keith Miller), July 2011.
"Church-Turing Lover," International Association for Computing and Philosophy, Aarchus, Denmark, July 2011.
"The Hard Problem of Consciousness: A Commentary," American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Minneapolis, April 2011.
"Non-Reductive Machine Consciousness," Special Session, APA Central Division, Chicago, April 2010.
“The Main Problems in Machine Consciousness” (invited keynote speaker), International Conference on Machine Consciousness, Suceava, Romania Feb. 05-08 2009.
“Consciousness and Free Will in future AI and bio-AI,” Naturalism Workshop, Kazimierz, September 2008.
"Replication of the Hard Problem of Consciousness in AI and Bio-AI," National IT Conference, Washington D.C., 2007.
“Subject and Object in Metaphysics,” Polish Philosophical Society, Cieszyn, April 2006.
“Computers Contra Physicalism,” American Philosophical Association, NYC, December 2005.
"Ontology of the subject,” Unwersytet Szczecinski, December 2004.
"Qualia, Robots and Complementarity of Subject and Object," 20th World Congress of Philosophy - Philosophy of Mind, Boston University, 1998. Published electronically by Boston University at: http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Mind/MindBolt.htm.
“Subject and Object.” The Tower Room, Princeton University, Graduate Philosophy Club, 1991.
Moral and Political Philosophy
“Social Capital and Equality without Egalitarianism.” Social Inequalities and Economic Growth, Conference in Social Economics, Rzeszow, Sept. 20, 2018.
“Complexities of the Third Factor and Developmental Potential.” Dabrowski Congress, Naperville June 2018.
“Philosophy in K. Dabrowski’s Normative Moral Psychology.” Plenary speaker, Symposium on K. Dabrowski, KUL, Lublin, Apr. 2018.
“Friendship and Epistemic Partiality.” Commentator, IL Philosophical Society, Charleston IL, Nov. 2015.
“Positional Goods." Presidential Academy, Lwov, Oct. 2015.
"Is Disintegration Necessary for Development?" Congress on Positive Disintegration, Lublin Sept. 2013.
“Objectivity in Economics." Presidential Academy, Lwov, Ukraine, Sept. 2013. "Moral Luck in Business Ethics”, World Congress of Philosophy, Athens, Aug. 2013.
"Moral Luck and Realistic Obligation," Departmental Seminar, UIS Dec. 04, 2012. (An earlier version APA poster presentation, Pacific Division, 2003.)
"Thin Social Capital and Professionalism," UIS, 2012.
"Existential Consequences of Floridi's Information Ethics," lecture at the session devoted to L. Floridi’s doctor honoris causa degree, PHAEDE international congress, Suceava Oct. 14, 2011.
"Informational Manipulation," (second author) PHAEDE international congress, Suceava Oct. 14, 2011. (Also presented at UIS Political Science Department Nov. 2012); submitted to Transformations.
"Ontology of Economics” keynote speech, international conference, Bureaucracy and Free Market, Lviv, Ukraine, Sept. 30, 2011.
"The Main Framework of Contemporary American Political Philosophy” Presidential Academy of Ukraine, Lviv Division, Dec. 2010.
"Business Ethics – A Realistic Approach, " Presidential Academy of Ukraine, Lviv Division, Dec. 2010.
"Stability of Thin Social Capital," International Workshop on Naturalism in Economics, Kazimierz, Sept. 2010.
"Moral Space," International Conference on Normativity, Gdansk University, May 2010.
“Conservatism as Right-Wing Communitarianism” (invited faculty speaker), Department of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, May 2009.
“In Vitro as a Philosophical Issue” (invited member of the panel discussion), Polish Philosophical Associations, Warsaw Division, April 2009.
“Why is American Liberalism no Longer Socially Liberal?” Polish Congress of Philosophy, Section on Political Philosophy, Warsaw, September 15-20 2008.
“Defining Conservatism,” Polish Congress of Philosophy, International Section, Warsaw, September 15-20 2008.
“The Ethics After the Myths,” Roundtable: Values: A Philosophical Re-arochment, World Congress of Philosophy, Section on Teaching Philosophy, Seoul, August 04 2008.
“An Ethics Grounded in Metaphysics: On Luciano Floridi,” World Congress of Philosophy, Section on Philosophy in Europe, Seoul, Aug. 01 2008.
“Philosophy and Thin Social Capital,” World Congress of Philosophy, Section on Philosophy and Economics, Seoul, July 31 2008.
“The Four Pillars of Contemporary Political Philosophy,” World Congress of Philosophy, Section on Teaching Philosophy, Seoul, July 30 2008.
“An Optimistic View on US Presidential Elections 2008,” Keynote Speaker, Doctoral Conference on American Studies, Pułtusk, Poland, June 2008.
“Beyond Liberalism in Political Philosophy,” Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, March 2006.
"Ethics and Partiality," (UAM), Poznan, November 2004.
“Thin Social Capital,” CIPG, Jacksonville, IL April 2004.
“Public Service and Social Philosophy,” Intern. Society on Value Inquiry, Washington DC, Dec. 2003.
“Bentham on Propinquity,” Conference on Value Inquiry, Grand Forks, ND, April 2003.
“Equality Without Egalitarianism in Healthcare,” Values in Healthcare: Past, Present and Future, Milwaukee WI, April 06 2002.
“Universal Dialogue,” International Society for Value Inquiry, APA Chicago, December 2001.
“Three Philosophies of a Unified Europe,” 6th Annual Spring Conference of The Foreign Language and International Studies Consortium Global Community: Dis/Integration. Springfield College, Springfield, April 2001.
“Liberalism and Communitarianism,” Center for Dialogue, Warsaw University, Department of Philosophy, Jan. 2001.
“Three Models of European Integration,” International Summer School of Political Science, Pultusk College of the Humanities, June 2000.
“Violence Beyond Brutality,” The Society for Social and Political Philosophy, 22nd Annual Meeting, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield MO, May 06 2000.
“Morality and Partiality,” 27-th. Congress of Value Inquiry, Central Missouri State University, Warresburg MI, 1999.
“Will the U.S. Remain the Only Super-power in the 21st. Century?” College of Public Communication and Journalism, Warsaw, Poland, Nov. 1999.
“Morality – the Concentric Circles,” University of Illinois, Springfield, 1999.
“Propinquity and the Shape of Moral Space,” International Society for Value Inquiry (plenary session), with the World Congress of Philosophy, 1998.
“Moral Space and Moral Luck,” International Society for Value Inquiry, with the World Congress of Philosophy, 1998.
“Jonathan Dancy’s Moral Particularism,” (commentator on keynote paper) III World Congress of Universalism, Babson College, Velsley, MA, 1998.
“Some Environmental Concerns for Global Policy,” III World Congress of Universalism, Babson College, Velsley, MA, 1998.
"Emergent Properties of Choice," 20th World Congress of Philosophy - Philosophy of Economics, Boston University, 1998. Published electronically by Boston University at: http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Econ/EconBolt.htm.
“How to Solve Heinz’s Dilemma,” The Voices of Care and Justice, the 1997 Conference of the Association for Moral Education, Emory University, Atlanta GA, Nov. 21 1997. [not delivered]
“Moral Luck,” Minnesota Philosophical Society, Carlton College, 1997.
“Is Whistleblowing Ever Justifiable?” The Conference on Values in Business, Appalachian University, Boone NC, 1997.
"A Defense of Prima Facie Moral Reasons," St. Olaf's College, Northfield MN, 1996.
"The Second Person Perspective as a Source of Value," The Conference on Value Inquiry, D'Youville NY, 1996.
"Is It Sometimes Required Morally to Be Partial," (table session) American Philosophical Association (APA), Pacific Division, Seattle, 1996.
"A Short Defence of Prima Facie Moral Reasons," Bowling Green State University, Philosophy Graduate Club, 1995.
"Is Russia Needed for Regional Stability?" The World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995.
"Equality without Egalitarianism," Bowling Green State University, Graduate Club, 1993.
"Non-Brutal Forms of Violence," Congres Mondiale sur la Violence, Montreal, 1992.
"Society and Philosophy in Eastern Europe," APA, Chicago, 1991.
"Le Sujet et la Religion," Congress Internationale de la Philosophie de Langue Francaise, Hammamet, 1990.
Chair (opening presentation), Round Table "For a New Ethos", XIV World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, UK (published in For a New Ethos), 1988.
"Three Worlds of Christian-Marxist Encounter," (rev) Dialectics and Humanism, January, 1987.
E-Learning and New Technologies
“International Online Collaboration: Models and Methods.” Co-authored with K. Swan) OLS Innovate, Nashville TN, April 2018.
"Offering a Philosophy Degree Online." University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand, Aug 20, 2014.
"Lost and Found in Virtual Space." Conference Philosophy of Technology, Jagiellonian, Krakow, Sept 2013. (Available on YouTube)
"Online Global University." World Bank Institute, European Division, Warsaw, Apr. 2012.
“E-Learning in Philosophy.” Special Session, American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Minneapolis Apr. 2011.
"Online Philosophy: A Teaching Challenge." World Congress of Philosophy, Section on Teaching Philosophy, Seoul, July 31.
“Global Learning Through Collaboration.” GUIDE Association, Rome May 2008.
“Philosophy of Mind.” A Series of Invited Graduate Lectures, Warsaw Catholic University, UKSW, Warsaw 2008.
“Online Philosophy: A Teaching Challenge.” World Congress of Philosophy, Section on Teaching Philosophy, Seoul, July 31 2008.
“Teaching Philosophy Online: New Challenges.” American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, March 19 2008.
“Teaching Philosophy Online: Beyond Logic.” APA, Pasadena CA, March 19 2007.
“Philosophy of Online Education.” NA-CAP, Chicago NY, July 2007.
“The Web – A New Universe.” Warsaw Conference on Universal Dialogue, June 2007.
“Solidarity and the Shape of Moral Space.” Poznan University, June 2007.
“Putting a Complete Curriculum Online,” Krakow, March 2007.
“Perspectives on Online Education,” Nowy Sącz, March 2007.
“Aristotle Online,” NA-CAP, RPI, Troy NY, August 2006.
“Values and the Technology in Political Philosophy,” Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, May 2006.
“Teaching Philosophy Online,” Rzeszow University, April 2006.
“Presenting the Whole Philosophy Degree Online,” APA, Chicago, April 2005.
“Teaching Advanced Philosophy Classes Online,” APA, San Francisco, March 2005.
"Strategy for Online Learning," Unwersytet Szczecinski, December 2004.
“Wspolczesne Modele E-learningu Akademickiego. Szkic Strategii Eksportowej,” (SGH/AGH), Katowice, November 2004. Also available online: http://www.e-edukacja.net/e-edukacja.pdf
“Emergence of an E-civilization -- Utopia or Unavoidable Reality?" Keynote Address, International Summer School of Political Science, Pultusk College of the Humanities, June 2001.
Other
"Angst as the condition of humanism," Angst in Symbolist Movement: Its Origins and Its Consequences
Sorbonne, Paris, June 06, 2015.
"Analysis or Existence," The First International Seminar of ‘Analiza i egzystencja’, Szczecin University, Pobierowo, May, 2010.
"A Secret of Young Socrates," World Congress of Philosophy, Brighton, 1988.