Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}
Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR}
The Centre for Philosophy and AI Research {PAIR} was established in 2022 with funding from a prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (Prof. Vincent C. Müller) at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU, est. 1742). At {PAIR}, we do philosophy on themes related to AI, particularly philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, epistemology, normative ethics, meta-ethics, and political/cultural philosophy. In our research, we aim for intellectual progress and societal impact.
PAIR has a world-wide network of collaborations with other prominent centres in our field. This includes exchange of visiting fellows, workshops and conferences, invited speakers, a journal, a society, mailing lists, joint publications, joint funding initiatives, etc. We also cooperate closely with colleagues in AI, as well as in the social sciences and the cognitive sciences.
The current team at PAIR consists of 5 funded PhD students, 1 external PhD student, 5 research fellows, 2 external research fellows, 1 director of research, 1 professor, 1 team-assistant, 1 research assistant, as well as visiting fellows (ca. 8 per year). We offer a stimulating, supportive and pleasant research environment – situated at a lively and modern workplace in the centre of beautiful Erlangen. Our state of the art offices in central Erlangen share a building with departments on AI, Data Science, Medical Informatics, and Digital Humanities and Social Sciences. The working language at PAIR is English. (If you want to join the team, check our “join us” page.)
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