The purpose of this workshop is to explore how recent advances in AI technology intersect with issues in epistemology and adjacent fields.
The workshop is organized as part of the project The Epistemology of AI Systems, generously funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR).
To register for the workshop, please send an email at aleks.knoks@uni.lu by 26 June 2025.
Programme
Thursday, 10 July 2025
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9.40-9.45
Welcome & introduction by Thomas Raleigh
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9.45-11.00
Keith Begley (Dublin/Durham): Underdetermination in machine learning
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11.00-11.20
Coffee break
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11.20-12.35
Aleks Knoks (Luxembourg): Where’s the ethics in machine ethics?
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12.35-14.00
Lunch break
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14.00-15.15
Timo Freiesleben (Tübingen): Artificial Neural Nets and the representation of human concepts
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15.15-15.30
Coffee break
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15.30-16.45
Marta Halina (Cambridge): Measuring Theory of Mind in LLMs
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16.45-17.00
Coffee break
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17.00-18.15
Daniel Rothschild (UCL): AI and the secret sauce of human learning
Friday, 11 July 2025
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9.45-11.00
Johan Largo (Luxembourg): Against arguments against AI thought
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11.00-11.20
Coffee break
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11.20-12.35
Marco Facchin (Antwerp): Making emotional transparency transparent
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12.35-14.00
Lunch break
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14.00-15.15
Sara Jensen (Oslo): The underdetermination of representational content in DDNs
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15.15-15.30
Coffee break
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15.30-16.45
Stefan Buijsman (Delft): Accuracy is not all you need! The reasons to require AI explainability
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16.45-17.00
Coffee break
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17.00-18.15
Emily Sullivan (Utrecht): TBA