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Philosopher of Science University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence Newnham College Thinks about science, beauty, AI and creativity milenaivanova.co.uk

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AI, art and morality - AI and Ethics After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...

Really grateful to see this article resonating with so many people concerned with the impact of AI on art and to see it reaching 10 000 downloads already. Thanks to everyone who has taken an interest in this piece.
#philsky #Philosophy #art #AI
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

03.01.2026 12:03 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Undergraduate award: Diploma in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Explore the ideas that drive ‘progress’. And the challenges they createAre you gripped by debates on misinformation, AI, and the role of science in public life? This course combines the philosophy of ...

Come and study Philosophy and History of Science and Technology with us! This part time distance learning course is designed to suit working professionals who want to learn more about the subject at the University of Cambridge.
www.pace.cam.ac.uk/courses/unde...
#philsci #philsky #Philosophy

17.12.2025 15:56 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Milena Ivanova & Aisha Sobey, Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps - PhilPapers AI-powered healthcare promises to solve current problems, offering more efficient, unbiased and accurate care to users. This chapter seeks to ground the promises of AI discourses within concerns of ep...

New paper with my colleague Aisha Sobey on Critical Epistemologies of AI Healthcare Apps.

philpapers.org/rec/IVACEO

30.09.2025 19:52 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Duhem and Holism Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Duhem and Holism

Duhem and Holism turns 4 years old www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...
#experiments #confirmation #valuesinscience #pierreduhem #philsci #philsky #Philosophy

09.07.2025 08:37 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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25.06.2025 19:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
flyer that says "A Zoom Chat to Celebrate the Trailblazing Philosophical Artwork of Helen De Cruz. Creative Philosophy in Community. Tuesday, 24th June 11am-12.20 pm CDT. Everybody welcome. No background required. www.georgigardiner.com/helen

flyer that says "A Zoom Chat to Celebrate the Trailblazing Philosophical Artwork of Helen De Cruz. Creative Philosophy in Community. Tuesday, 24th June 11am-12.20 pm CDT. Everybody welcome. No background required. www.georgigardiner.com/helen

Georgi Gardiner is hosting an online event to celebrate the philosophical art of @helendecruz.net next Tuesday, 6/24, at 11 a.m. CT. All are welcome! Details at www.georgigardiner.com/helen.

17.06.2025 07:21 👍 67 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 4
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Duhem and Holism Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - Duhem and Holism

As I write my book exploring whether scientific experimentation can be automated, I once again come back to Duhem's good sense, about 20 years since I wrote my dissertation on it, later to evolve into my first journal article and eventually this book.

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

06.06.2025 09:13 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Energy, Ethics & Sustainability: Towards an Integrated Environmental AI Ethics Concern about climate change is ever-growing with Artificial Technologies often being touted as the potential ‘saviour’ to many of the Earth’s envi

My new piece 'Energy, Ethics & Sustainability: Towards an Integrated Environmental AI Ethics' is out and available to read here

#AI #EnvironmentalEthics #Sustainabilty #Climate

newn.cam.ac.uk/newnham-news...

25.05.2025 18:14 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic paper which captures so much of what I have also found deeply problematic behind the misplaced narratives on the promises of GenAI in education. Absolute must read.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

18.05.2025 17:26 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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AI, art and morality - AI and Ethics After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...

By drawing on moralism debate in philosophy of art and the argument from the imaginative resistance, I offer conditions under which we can find value in AI generated art, despite our moral objections to AI.

#SpringerNature #AI #Art #Philosophy #AIEthics

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

04.05.2025 09:37 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you so much <3

01.05.2025 20:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Surprise in Science: A qualitative study - Erkenntnis A growing literature in philosophy of science focuses on the role of surprise in scientific practice. The aesthetic dimension of science is also gaining momentum in very recent discussions. While surp...

Excited to see more #PhilSci scholars employing diverse methodologies in their work. To that end, in our paper we used qualitative data analysis to understand the role of surprise in science.

#aestheticsofscience #surprise #qualitativemethods

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

01.05.2025 09:58 👍 42 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 0
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Because of You (2024) — Cybernetic Forests. Exploring the datafication and distortions of generative AI.

I draw inspiration from the beautiful piece BECAUSE OF YOU created by @eryk.bsky.social and @evijit.io who direct us to engage with the tension and discomfort at the use of the technology, creatting and letting us overcome our imaginative resistance www.cyberneticforests.com/news/because...

23.04.2025 15:50 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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AI, art and morality - AI and Ethics After ‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’ won a prize in the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition in 2022 there was a very strong outcry in the media that this signified the ‘end of art’. Allen himself ...

Is #AIart really art? The end of art? Bad art? I explore how artistic exploitation, data bias and environmental cost can prevent us from engaging with AI art. Yet, I argue that artists can employ this immorality well, helping us overcome our imaginative resistance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

23.04.2025 15:45 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

It is such a brilliant piece and I continue to feel very moved by it, so many months after first encountering it. Everywhere I have shared and discussed your work with others, they have felt the same ❤️ I hope the paper does it justice.

23.04.2025 15:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thank you Anna, I am so happy to hear this!

22.04.2025 12:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy Earth Day 💚 Today is a good opportunity for us all to pause and think about our relationship to nature, new technologies and the future of our planet. I hope you enjoy this piece, I tried to be optimistic. #earthday2025 #AI #AIethics

22.04.2025 10:19 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day - LCFI Nearly forty years ago three scientists from the British Antarctic Survey published an article that would change the global mood forever. What Joe Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin had disc...

What could providing students with knowledge and skills to support climate justice look like in the context of AI development and deployment? Read my reflections on the Importance of Environmental AI Ethics for Earth Day #AI #Earthday @cfi-cambridge.bsky.social
www.lcfi.ac.uk/news-events/...

21.04.2025 12:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Should environmental interests feature in the development and deployment of #AI ? Can feminism inform our answers to this question? At the Rosalind Franklin Women in STEM Conference I look into what a promising Integrated Environmental AI Ethics could look like 💚@newnhamcollege.bsky.social

15.04.2025 13:56 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Undergraduate awards: Certificate in Philosophy: History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind and Political Philosophy  | Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)

Excited to go back to my HPS roots with this new Unit I designed on all things Henri Poincare! From conventionalism, structuralism, values in science, creativity, aesthetics, he continues to be my biggest inspiration and I can't wait to teach this course in the Fall www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/under...

13.04.2025 16:30 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

So honored that my work was mentioned on ABC National in Australia! AoS comes in around 7:30min 💗 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

12.04.2025 13:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Milena Ivanova and Steven French, The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-032-33718-0. £110.00 (hardback). | The British Journal f... Milena Ivanova and Steven French, The Aesthetics of Science: Beauty, Imagination and Understanding London: Routledge, 2022. Pp. 224. ISBN 978-1-032-33718-0. £110.00 (hardback). - Volume 57 Issue 1

I really loved making this book with the wonderful @srdfrench.bsky.social and am so happy others value it. So grateful to Chiara Ambrosio for writing this review, which bring me to tears every time I read it (and I do read it often enough in my impostur moments).
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

10.04.2025 20:24 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

I am thrilled to be part of the Rosalind Franklin STEM Conference at Newnham College dedicated to the question: What’s next for Green Energy?
In my talk 'Energy, ethics and sustainability' I will be exploring the ecological cost of AI and present a new integrated approach to environmental AI ethics.

02.04.2025 18:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy birthday Emily, have a fabulous day!

30.03.2025 07:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Open Minds XVIII Open Minds XVIII The eighteenth annual philosophy conference for postgraduate students in philosophy&nbsp; organized by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Manchester Event date and loc...

I will be keynote at the Open Minds Conference at the University of Manchester, an event supporting Masters and PhD students in all areas of philosophy in their academic journey. Please consider participating and spread the word.

philevents.org/event/show/1...

30.03.2025 07:55 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Research Symposium | Artistic Research Studio

I am very excited to be keynote speaker for this amazing conference on The Role of Technology in Illustration, the call for papers is still open for those interested in participating in this debate with a diverse range of practitioners
kuarc.ku.edu.tr/research-sym...

28.03.2025 19:51 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Walked passed it today and had to stop and marvel at it <3

27.03.2025 17:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I am so sad to hear that Micheal Friedman has passed away. It is hard to put into words how much impact he made on our field. His Dynamics of Reason inspired my PhD thesis, which he later examined, offering invaluable guidance. He led with so much kindness and generosity, great loss for our field.

26.03.2025 18:46 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I am so sorry to hear this, he did so much for our field and led with so much kindness.

26.03.2025 17:14 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Many congratulations! Excited to read it!

17.03.2025 11:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0