Rational artificial intelligence sounds simple on paper: build systems that make sensible decisions based on goals, evidence, and logic. Yet ...

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has published an updated and expanded version of its entry on "The Ethics and Rationality of Voting." It is authored by Georgetown Prof. Jason Brennan, a ...

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. – John of ...

To what extent can an artificial system be rational?A new MIT course, 6.S044/24.S00 (AI and Rationality), doesn't seek to ...

When students walk into Harvard’s Emerson Hall today, they see white walls littered with posters promoting speaker events and surveys. But one century ago, students would have found the walls covered ...

Philosophers are interested in the nature, rationality, and ethics of trust. Each category is highly debated and raises thorny questions. For example, most philosophers believe that trust is a kind of ...

Steven Pinker’s new bestseller, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” is filled with riddles and quizzes and problems to ponder. Reading it, I bombed on every single one. The ...