Students

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

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

Jarislowsky Chair Lecture Series: Regina Rini (York University), “Science: The Intellectual Leviathan”

julie.lapalme@affiliate.mcgill.ca — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:11:55 +0000

Jarislowsky Lecture Series in Human Nature and Technology “Science: The Intellectual Leviathan” Regina Rini (York University)

October 18, 2024

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

Are You Even a Person? LLMs and Agentic Distrust

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:16:23 +0000

Work-in-Progress hosted by Alexis Morin-Martel PhD candidate at ��VR��Ƶ

Leacock 927 from 1:30-3:30 on December 18

Open to all, registration required

The Ethic of Griefbots LLMs and the Digital Afterlife

alessandra.destison@mail.mcgill.ca — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:08:11 +0000

Workshop on griefbot ethics on the 11th and 12th of December 2025

Workshop taking place at the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.