In Search of Absolute Inwardness and Spiritual Subjectivity? The Historical and Ideological Context of Schumann's "Neue ...
peer reviewed / It is well established in science and technology studies that participation and expert analysis should not be seen as contradictory. Key analytical questions include how both public and expert knowledge contribute to “closing down” and “opening up” appraisals and commitments, and how important these dynamics are in assessing the pro...
The final conception of my music marvel is to create a binary musical community center with auditorium and rooms for music therapy/school purposes but also creating a space for urban “flaneur” the wanderer of the city that can visit accidently and still have memorable experiences through seasonal exhibitions and pop up shows. The space will be divi...
status: published
Newsletter of the Faculty of Philosophy. Articles: Alexander Bird, 'From the Chair'; Derek Matravers, 'Remembering Hugh Mellor'; Jessie Munton, 'In Conversation with Alexander Bird'; Clare Chambers, 'Intact: A Defence of the Unmodified Body'; Arif Ahmed, 'Evidential Decision Theory'; Richard Holton, 'Ethics in the Time of COVID-19'.
peer reviewed / The goal of this paper is to contrast the representation of models in photography (fashion and fine art photography), as well as certain kinds of inanimate beauty (Barbie dolls, mannequins), with the average faces constructed by algorithms serving to identify and reproduce beauty. What are the similarities and differences between in...
This collaborative essay experimentally applies the insights of Mary Shelley's 1818 gothic fantasy Frankenstein to clinical interactions between present-day physicians and the patients they, akin to Shelley's human protagonist, so often seem to bring (back) to life. Because that process is frequently fraught with unspoken elements of ambivalence, d...
Abstract Questions about how closure is achieved in disputes involving new observational or experimental claims have highlighted the role of bodily knowledge possibly irreducible to written experimental protocols and instructions how to build and operate instruments. This essay asks similar questions about a scenario that is both related and signif...
Published in International journal of social robotics
Recent advancements in socially assistive robotics (SAR) have shown a significant potential of using social robotics to achieve increasing cognitive and affective outcomes in education. However, the deployments of SAR technologies also bring ethical challenges in tandem, to the fore, especially in under-resourced contexts. While previous research h...