Faculty of Philosophy

Oxford is one of the world's great centres for philosophy. More than one hundred and fifty professional philosophers work in the University and its colleges, between them covering a vast range of subjects within philosophy. Many are international leaders in their fields. The Faculty of Philosophy is one of the largest departments of philosophy in the world, and is widely recognized to be amongst the best. Its reputation draws many distinguished visiting philosophers; each year around fifty philosophers from around the world give lectures or seminars in Oxford. Almost every major philosopher speaks in Oxford at some time. Each year, more than five hundred undergraduates are admitted to study philosophy in Oxford, always in combination with another subject. The Faculty also has more than a hundred graduate students, who are either taking a taught graduate degree or working for a doctorate. Oxford is a collegiate university, and every registered student becomes a member of one of the colleges. In this way, he or she has access, not only to the very extensive libraries and facilities of the University, but also to the varied and more intimate life of a college. Colleges offer their students excellent libraries and facilities of their own. Teaching at Oxford is by lectures and seminars, and by tutorials or supervisions. Courses of lectures and seminars are offered on a very large range of topics, for both undergraduates and graduates. Tutorials are a special feature of Oxford; undergraduates receive regular and frequent tutorials either individually or in pairs from members of the Faculty. All graduate students also receive frequent individual supervisions. Oxford University dates from the 12th Century or before. The first colleges were founded in the 13th Century. The ancient buildings remain, mingled with magnificent architecture from subsequent centuries, to make Oxford one of the most inspiring and beautiful cities in the world. Within this setting, Oxford remains at the forefront of philosophy.

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Title	Description	People	Date
Ethics in AI Seminar: Responsible Research and Publication in AI	Ethics in AI Seminar - presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI	Peter Millican, Rosie Campbell, Carolyn Ashurst, Helena Webb	12 July, 2021
Ethics in AI Colloquium with Adrienne Mayor: Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology	Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.	Adrienne Mayor, Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer, Armand D'Angour, John Tasioulas	12 July, 2021
AI in a Democratic Culture - Presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI	Launch of the Institute for Ethics in AI with Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Joshua Cohen and Hélène Landemore. Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI	Joshua Cohen, Hélène Landemore, Nigel Shadbolt	12 July, 2021
Turing 2018/8: Searle versus Turing - Conclusion	Lecture 8 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/7: Blockhead, the Chinese Room, and ELIZA	Lecture 7 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/6: "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" - Overview of Turing's 1950 paper	Lecture 6 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/5: Settling Hilbert's Entscheidungsproblem, and the Halting Problem	Lecture 5 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/4: Enumerating the Computable Numbers, and the Universal Turing Machine	Lecture 4 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/3: "On Computable Numbers" - Turing's 1936 Paper	Lecture 3 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/2: Hilbert's Programme and Gödel's Theorem	Lecture 2 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Turing 2018/1: Types of number, Cantor, infinities, diagonal arguments	Lecture 1 in Peter Millican's 2018 Turing series.	Peter Millican	14 January, 2021
Does AI threaten Human Autonomy?	This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.	Peter Millican, Jonathan Pugh, Jessica Morley, Carina Prunkl	7 December, 2020
Privacy Is Power	Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.	Carissa Véliz, Sir Michael Tugendhat, Stephanie Hare, John Tasioulas	5 November, 2020
Algorithms Eliminate Noise (and That Is Very Good)	Part of the Colloquium on AI Ethics series presented by the Institute of Ethics in AI. This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.	John Tasioulas, Ruth Chang, Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Cass Sunstein	5 November, 2020
Ethics in AI Education	This event is also part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.	Peter Millican, Milo Phillips-Brown, Max Van Kleek, Helena Webb	5 November, 2020
General Philosophy 2018 Handouts	PDF handouts to accompany Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
General Philosophy 2018 Slides	PDF slides to accompany Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/8: God and Morality	Lecture 8 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/7: Free Will and Responsibility	Lecture 7 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/6: Identity, Self-Interest, Free Will	Lecture 6 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/5: The Mind, and Personal Identity	Lecture 5 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/4: Facing Up to Scepticism	Lecture 4 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/3: Scepticism and Induction	Lecture 3 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/2: Matter, Mind, and Humanity	Lecture 2 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020
GenPhil 2018/1: Historical Introduction	Lecture 1 in Peter Millican's 2018 General Philosophy series.	Peter Millican	23 June, 2020

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