philosopher
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"We may be using mental terms to refer to AI, but this may only be because we lack better words," says Ophelia Deroy, philosopher and a senior author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
The secretary’s examples of Western heroism were the Spartans at Thermopylae and the philosopher Socrates, both of whom, he said, illustrate the “Western” willingness to “pay any cost for a cause worthy of his loyalty.”
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Its intellectual roots can be traced to Australian philosopher Peter Singer.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
As long ago as 2003, the Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom invented a thought experiment he dubbed a "paperclip maximiser", in which a superintelligent AI is told to manufacture as many paperclips as it can.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Even Voltaire, who avoided the dialogue between a philosopher and a lady, a form popularized by Fontenelle, liked to imagine his book being read by a sophisticated woman at her dressing table.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Two years later, Oxford University philosophers William MacAskill and Toby Ord launched "Giving What We Can," encouraging people to donate at least 10 percent of their income to tackling global poverty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
In Chicago, ACT UP’s Gregg Bordowitz became her mentor and professor, and for three years, Rosales immersed herself in learning, becoming obsessed with Gertrude Stein and philosophers like Gilles Deleuze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The book’s style is more professorial than memoirist, and deals with themes from Aristotle and Plato to Hobbes, Nietzsche, Hegel and other more arcane philosophers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
James develops his argument using a "physicalist" framework associated with philosophers such as Daniel Dennett.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Aristotle and later philosophers would insist that there could not be an infinite number of nested spheres.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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