Staff

Karina Vold: “Learning from Machines: Using Artificial Intelligence as Scaffolding for Human Learning”

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:06:18 +0000

Work-in-Progress Session- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre: “Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning”

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:57:10 +0000

The Jarislowsky Chair will be hosting Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, a Postdoctoral Researcher for the chair, for a WIP session on March 17, 2025 at noon.

Jeff Sebo Lecture: Next Steps for AI Welfare Research and Policy

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:59:12 +0000

Next Steps for AI Welfare Research and Policy

Date: April 23, 2026

Time: 4:00-6:00pm

Prof. Joshua Skorburg, IVADO visiting fellow at the Chair

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:47:46 +0000

Prof. Joshua Skorburg will be a new visiting fellow at the Chair.

Fellow Bio: Joshua August (Gus) Skorburg is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Academic Co-Director of the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI), and Faculty Affiliate at the One Health Institute at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. From 2018-2022 he was Adjunct Professor in the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He received his PhD in Philosophy in 2017 from the University of Oregon. His research spans topics in applied ethics and moral psychology.

EDI et la démocratie à l’ère de la post-vérité

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:51:50 +0000

EDI et démocratie à l’ère de la post-vérité Karol-Ann Souffrant and Jocelyn Maclure

Forthcoming: Canadian Association for the Philosophy of AI

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:57:22 +0000

Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence Hosted by the Canadian Association for the Philosophy of A.I.

Political Philosophy for a Better World: Confronting the Polycrisis

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 22:26:29 +0000

Political Philosophy for a Better World: Confronting the Polycrisis

Professor Jocelyn Maclure will be speaking at a Panel during the Political Philosophy for a Better World: Confronting the Polycrisis conference.

Comparative Perspectives on Agency: Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Sun, 17 May 2026 12:29:02 +0000

Comparative Perspectives on Agency: Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence

Congratulations to Dr. Alexis Morin-Martel!

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:39:24 +0000

Alexis Morin-Martel successfully defended his PhD dissertation on March 18. Title of the dissertation: The Value of Trust

Jury members: Jocelyn Maclure, Natalie Stoljar, Daniel Weinstock, Mauro Rossi, Mark Alfano

Alexis will be a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the department of philosophy at Chapel Hill, starting in September 2026.

Horizons démocratiques

julia.houwen@mcgill.ca — Sun, 11 May 2025 02:48:24 +0000

Horizons démocratiques Journée de réflexion sur l’érosion des normes et des institutions démocratiques Democratic horizons A day of reflection on the erosion of democratic norms and institutions

New Publication: “Pour un tournant institutionnel en éthique de l’IA”

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:55:17 +0000

This chapter, co-authored by Jocelyn Maclure and Alexis Morin-Martel was published in Donner un sens à l’éthique publique : Mélange en l’honneur de Luc Bégin edited by Patrick Turmel.

For more information, visit the Presses de l’Université Laval site

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure Publish a Chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:19:57 +0000

Flavie Chevalier and Jocelyn Maclure publish a chapter on AI and Semantic Understanding in Vocabulaire critique de l’intelligence artificielle, a book edited by Thierry Ménissier.

The book was published in November 2025.

Read chapter: AI and Semantic Understanding

Ethics And Technology Roundtable: The Age Of Algorithm

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:57:05 +0000

Presented by the ��VR��Ƶ Philosophy Student Association

A Conversation on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:31:44 +0000

An informal seminar on Public Philosophy with Joseph Heath Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto This event is co-hosted with the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.

The Enforcement Threshold Approach to Harm Reduction

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:26:55 +0000

Lecture given by Joseph Heath Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto This event is co-hosted by the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy