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APA Committee on Philosophy and ComputersReport 20032002-2003
Report from the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers During 2002-2003, PAC sponsored or co-sponsored three special sessions at the divisional meetings. At the Eastern meeting, Helen Nissenbaum organized a session on "Ethics and Information Technology." At the Pacific meeting, Noam Cook organized a session on "Computers and the Mediation of Human Experience" (co-sponsored by PAC and Society for Philosophy and Technology). At that meeting, PAC also co-sponsored an Author Meets Critics session for Pat Suppes's new book, Representation and Invariance of Scientific Structures. (Suppes was the recipient of the 2002 Barwise Prize.) The following is a list of presentations made at this session: "Ethics and Information Technology," Chair: Helen Nissenbaum (New York University) Part I: "Machines and Ethics," Moderator: James H. Moor (Dartmouth University): Speaker: Deborah G. Johnson (University of Virginia), "Ethics and Machine Intelligence"; Speaker: Lucas D. Introna (Lancaster University), "Ethics, Levinas, and the Face-less Robot" [Replaced by Kari Coleman with a topic on Software Agents and Virtues]. Part II: "Moral Philosophy and Computer Ethics," Moderator: Robert Cavalier (Carnegie Mellon): Speaker: Jeroen van den Hoven (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands), "New Directions in Computer Ethics"; Speaker: Herman Tavani (Rivier College), "Do We Need a New Ethical Framework for the Internet Age?"; Speaker: Helen Nissenbaum (New York University), "Commons-based Peer Productions and the Virtues"; Speaker: Tom Powers (University of Virginia), "The Computer Layer in Pedagogy: Complements to Traditional Classroom Interaction"; Speaker: David Kolb (Bates College), "Philosophy Gone Hyper: New Voices and Forms of Scholarly Communication"; Speaker: Branden Fitelson (San Jose State University), "Some Recent Applications of Computing to Problem-Solving in Philosophy of Science, Logic, and Metaphysics."
PAC continues to sponsor North American Computing and Philosophy Conferences. Through conference presentations and program committee work, PAC members also participate in the activities of the International Association of Philosophy and Computers. The 2003 APA Barwise Prize goes to Daniel Dennett for his life-long contributions to Computing and Philosophy. Dennett will receive his award at the December 2004 meeting in Boston. As of June 30, 2003, from my tenure as Committee Chair ended; I want to take this opportunity to thank all the committee members for their great work and to welcome Marvin Croy to the group as our new Committee Chair. Robert
Cavalier, Chair; Patrick N. Grim, S.D. Noam Cook, Anthony Beavers, Jon
Dorbolo (ex officio), James H. Fetzer, Luciano L. Floridi, Helen Nissenbaum,
Peter Suber
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