The course Philosophy and Aritficial Intelligence provides an introduction to a number of fundamental methods in AI, it approaches their logical, epistemological, and semantic foundations, and introduces a number of topics in the contemporary debate in Philosophy of AI.
The course introduces a number of methods in AI and it discusses its foundations. After dicussing the basis of Computability Theory and Computational Complexity, the course focuses on Knowledge Representation, in particular, by focussing on the connection with philosophical disciplines such as Logic, Epistemology, Ontology, and Semantics.
The course introduces the main methods of AI and it analysis its foudnations and philosophical implications.
The objectives of the course are
At the end of the course, student are expected to:
It is advisable that students have already attended an introductory course of Logic.
The course is divided into two parts.
The first part providdes lectures and moments of exercise and application (individually and in groups).
The second part consists of students' presentation, projects and discussions in class.
It is imporant to register to Aulaweb, where you may access the teaching materials.
The first part introduces the main methods and topics in AI.
The second part introduces a number of specific topics and research texts in AI and in Philosophhy of AI.
Attending students
1) Lecture notes and other teaching material that will be made available on Aulaweb.
2) A paper for classroom presentation chosen among those that will be made available on Aulaweb.
3) S. Russel e P. Norvig, "Artificial Intelligence: A modern approach", Global Edition, Pearson. (selected chapters)
NON-attending students: besides the material listed above, the students have to contact the teachers to decide the program.
Ricevimento: Please write to the Professor to set an appointment
Ricevimento: Tuesday 15-17 DAFIST, sezione di Filosofia, Via Balbi 4, II piano. On Teams, team code qqnykcf.
MARCELLO FRIXIONE (President)
DANIELE PORELLO (President Substitute)
MARIA CRISTINA AMORETTI (Substitute)
26th February 2025
Attending students: classroom presentation and oral examination. Schedule and modality of the classroom presentations will be planned during the course.
NON-attending students: oral examination.
The registration for the examination is mandatory and must be done at least one week before the exam.
- the classroom presentation (15 points out of 30) assesses the student’s ability to understand, synthesize and expose a philosophical text, and to apply the tools of philosophical reasoning in the discussion of problems related to AI;
- the oral exam (15 points out of 30) assesses the student’s ability to understand, retain, explain and apply philosophical concepts and arguments concerning AI
NON-attending students
- the oral exam assesses the student’s ability to understand, retain, explain and apply philosophical concepts and arguments concerning AI.
In both cases, the correct use of the philosophical lexicon, the quality of the exposition, as well as the capacity for critical and argumentative reasoning and the creative approach to problem solving will be taken into account.
Students that do not attend classes are required to get in touch with the professor.