Faculty Presentations

On April 12, 2024 Professor David Hildebrand gave an invited talk to a multidisciplinary audience at the University of Bologna entitled, "Preserving meaning in an age of Algorithms and A.I. — Borgmann and Dewey." The talk discussed the potential for new technologies -- particularly algorithmic-based tools such as ChatGPT and...

What are the epistemic and ethical implications of generative A.I. and ChatGPT technologies? This talk will examine our present technological situation and will raise questions about the impact upon agency, autonomy, empathy, and our ability for free inquiry. David Hildebrand, Philosophy Professor, presented on the ethics of data and A.I...

Golub delivered the paper "Overextending Ourselves: On the Bounds of Moral Indifference and Thinking the Less Interesting Thought" as part of the Fall 2023 CU Denver Philosophy Department Speaker Series on October 23, 2023. Abstract: This paper examines the phenomenology of extension—a cognitive-emotional act of reflection in which I ‘extend’...

Candice Shelby gave her a talk on "Living a Whole Life Body and Soul" on 10/5/22 over Zoom for the Fresno State Ethics Center. Key metaphors inform psychological and physical health: balance, stability, rootedness, flexibility, strength, and endurance. This talk will explored those metaphors while developing insights from philosophical traditions.

In June, Professor of philosophy David Hildebrand presented an invited, sponsored keynote entitled “Democratic Habits and the Challenges of Information Technologies” at the conference “Democratic Education Revisited” at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His paper argued that new, algorithmic, and “big data” technologies are tracking and changing the nature...

inVISIBLE | hyperVISIBLE will kick off with a panel discussion facilitated by Curator Boram Jeong in the Grace Gamm Theater prior to the opening reception. The panel will include local participating artists including Erin Hyunhee Kang, Sammy Lee, Renluka Maharaj, Liz Quan, Chinn Wang, and Thomas Yi. This is a...