Call for Papers
Do contemporary AI agents exemplify or reinterpret forgotten debates on the ontological and ethical functions of angelic intellects, demonic adversaries, and phantasmata (machines)? This symposium frames Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a catalyst reigniting foundational discussions about agency, ontology, epistemology, and ethics. Debates on radically externalized, affective, distributed, simulated, or emergent forms of agency agency are after all rooted in medieval scholastic inquiries into non-human intelligences. Revisiting these historical paradigms allows us to interrogate whether AI revives premodern ontologies or forces their radical reconfiguration under contemporary technological, ethical, and philosophical conditions.
📌 Abstracts: 300–500 words
📌 Submission Email: algorithms.automation@gmail.com also IACAP2025 link
📌 Deadline for Abstracts: 28.3.2025 (extended)
📌 Notification of Acceptance: 2.4.2025
Convenors:
Dr. Denisa Reshef Kera
Design & Policy lab
Senior Lecturer
Science, Technology and Society Program
Bar Ilan University, Israel
Research
Contact
Dr. Ramón Alvarado
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
University of Oregon, USA
Research
Contact https://ramonalvarado.net/
Prof. John Symons
Professor of Philosophy
Director of the Center for Cyber Social Dynamics
University of Kansas, USA
Contact http://www.johnsymons.net/
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Conference registration opens: April 1, 2025.
(For individual papers, posters, and workshops: In case you need a visa, please note this with your submission so that we can facilitate an early review.)