Last year, Professor Sebastian Bender joined the LMU Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies, where he holds the Professorship of Early Modern Philosophy. You can learn more about our new Professor Bender's research below: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

Philosophy: How the early modern era shaped how we see the world

Since moving to LMU last fall, Sebastian Bender has been exploring one of the most transformative periods in the history of ideas: the intellectual groundshifts of the early modern era.

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"The Ethics of Living With Robots - Prof. Sven Nyholm" Many thanks to Julius Moorman for the enjoyable discussion about robots & AI on the Art of the Question podcast! Check out our discussion here: youtu.be/C91zlqd-pI4?... or here: open.spotify.com/episode/39gh... #AIEthics #philosophy #RobotEthics

The Ethics of Living With Robots - Prof. Sven Nyholm

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Professor Sven Nyholm discusses his recent book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction* on the Empathy Unbound podcast: youtu.be/uiqTp5CzcQY?... #aiethics #philosophy

Professor Sven Nyholm - Can a Chatbot Preserve a Relationship With Someone Who Died?

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Sven Nyholm@svennyholm.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Is AI the New Religion? A Philosopher on AI, Ethics, and Meaning" - many thanks to Andrew Phipps for having me as a guest on Empathy Unbound. We discussed topics from my book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Perspective* (Hackett) open.spotify.com/episode/4rOv... #aiethics

Many thanks to Stephan Hartmann for the invitation to visit LMU Munich. I had a wonderful time meeting colleagues across the university and was honored to give a Philosophy & Physics Colloquium talk, “AI Meets Philosophy of Science: Towards a Foundation of AI.” Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyk...

Philosophy and Physics Colloquium: Eddy Chen - AI meets Philosophy of Science

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Newly published: "A Double-Halfer Embarrassment: Response to Pust", by Lennart B. Ackermans, Analytic Philosophy, 2026, doi.org/10.1111/phib...

A Double‐Halfer Embarrassment: Response to Pust

Michael Titelbaum introduced a variant of the Sleeping Beauty problem in which a coin is tossed on both Monday and Tuesday, with the Tuesday toss not affecting Beauty's condition. Titelbaum argues th....

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Expand your understanding of the ethics of AI with expert, @svennyholm.bsky.social 's comprehensive new book. Click the link below for more information! hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcom...

I was very happy to receive a physical copy of the Chinese translation of my book *This is Technology Ethics* today. Many thanks to Jin Qiyu from Fudan University who brought it all the way from Shanghai! Happening today & tomorrow: www.philosophie.lmu.de/en/latest-ne... #aiethics #philosophy

Happy to share that my project, Reactive Disinformation in Climate Science: Modelling Antagonistic Environments and Epistemic Responsibility, (to be carried out at @lmu-mcmp.bsky.social, @lmuphilosophy.bsky.social) was successful in the DFG Re:DIS call. Excited to work with colleagues across Re:DIS.

Our new DFG-funded project “Procedural Anchors: How Communication Order Shapes Disinformation” is part of the Priority Programme Re:DIS. Prof. Stephan Hartmann and Lilian von Bressensdorf will study how communication order shapes beliefs—and how better deliberation can counter disinformation.

Out now: Chinese translation of Professor Sven Nyholm's (@svennyholm.bsky.social) book *This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction*. More info (in Chinese) here: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NW1AKMp2HA... #aiethics #technologyethics

正式出版|《技术伦理导论》——智能时代科技伦理问题的入门读物

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Out now: the Chinese translation of my book This is Technology Ethics: An Introduction (Wiley 2023), featuring a new short introduction written specifically for the Chinese edition. Many thanks to Cao Aoqi for translating my book! mp.weixin.qq.com/s/NW1AKMp2HA... #AIEthics #TechnologyEthics

New interview with Professor Peter Adamson (@histphilosophy.bsky.social) about Ibn Sina (also known as Avicenna) and the "flying man" thought experiment. See below: #historyofphilosophy

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Interview with me on the "Philosophy Everyday" series, about Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and his "flying man" thought experiment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpv... #philsky #philosophy #avicenna

The workshop "Relational Ethics and AI" is coming up on July 6-7, featuring speakers from LMU, Fudan University, Peking University, Stuttgart, Essex, and RU Bochum. More info here: www.philosophie.lmu.de/de/aktuelles... #philosophy #aiethics #relationalethics

Relational Ethics and AI

LMU - China Academic Network Workshop

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Outstanding news from our faculty! Congratulations to Professor Alyssa Ney on being awarded an ERC Advanced Grant for her project The Nature of Reality According to Quantum Physics (MetaQ). We are proud to celebrate this achievement and wish her every success. #ERC #LMU #Philosophy #QuantumPhysics

"Bell's Theorem and Beyond" (June 26) One-day workshop at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy. More info here: www.philosophie.lmu.de/mcmp/en/late... #philosophy #bellstheorem

Workshop on Bell’s Theorem and Beyond

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How do we generate, evaluate, and integrate knowledge in medicine in an age of big data, advanced statistics, and AI? Join us at the workshop The Epistemology of Medicine, taking place on 25–26 June 2026 at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich: www.philosophie.lmu.de/mcmp/en/late...

The Epistemology of Medicine

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LMU Munich's Professor of the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, Sven Nyholm, discusses his new book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction*, with podcast host Deepak Bhatt on the "Business Talk" podcast, here: youtu.be/yIxbw-mOTkY?... #aiethics #philosophy

Is AI Really Conscious? A Philosopher's Honest Answer | Prof. Sven Nyholm

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Sven Nyholm@svennyholm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The other day, I had the pleasure of speaking with Deepak Bhatt, host of the "Business Talk" podcast. Our conversation covers a range of topics from my new book (*The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction*), and is available here: youtu.be/yIxbw-mOTkY?... #aiethics

"Workshop on Jim Kreines’ Hegel and Spinoza (Cambridge 2026)" organized by Prof. Andrew Stephenson and Prof. Sebastian Bender. More info here: www.philosophie.lmu.de/de/aktuelles...

Workshop on Jim Kreines’ Hegel and Spinoza (Cambridge 2026)

Organization: Sebastian Bender, Andrew Stephenson

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"The Political Bible II: Early Modern Perspectives and Contemporary Legacies" - organized by Prof. Robert Yelle: June 19-20. More info here: www.philosophie.lmu.de/de/aktuelles...

The Political Bible II: Early Modern Perspectives and Contemporary Legacies

Workshop hosted by the LMU Center for Religion and Philosophy I Prof. Dr. Robert A. Yelle, Director

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Coming up on June 29: A presentation by Prof. Nicholas F. Stang - "How to be a Transcendental Idealist." (University of Toronto), organized by Prof. Andrew Stephenson. More info here: www.philosophie.lmu.de/de/aktuelles... #philosophy #transcendentalidealism

Prof. Nicholas F. Stang - "How to be a Transcendental Idealist."

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LMU philosopher Dr. Benjamin Lange is featured in the latest issue of Die Zeit. See below: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #aiethics

I spoke to Yves Bellinghausen from DIE ZEIT, who set up an AI agent to try how well it could do journalistic work for him. To be honest, the first time the agent called me, I thought it was some… | B...

I spoke to Yves Bellinghausen from DIE ZEIT, who set up an AI agent to try how well it could do journalistic work for him. To be honest, the first time the agent called me, I thought it was some weir...

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Fortune reports that "AI shopping agents are coming. No one is ready for them". fortune.com/2026/06/12/a... Silvia Milano and I wrote about this scenario in Nature Machine Intelligence in 2024, arguing that this was a bad idea. Check out our discussion here: www.nature.com/articles/s42... #aiethics

Coming up next week (June 18): the "Ad Hoc AI Ethics Workshop", organized by Professor Sven Nyholm and LMU PhD student Johannes Reisinger. More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Registration here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #aiethics #philosophy

The Ad Hoc AI Ethics Workshop at LMU | Sven Nyholm

Coming up next week (on June 18) at LMU Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies: the Ad-Hoc AI Ethics Workshop, organized by Johannes Reisinger and me. Speakers and presenta...

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Sven Nyholm@svennyholm.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Coming up next week (June 18): the "Ad Hoc AI Ethics Workshop", organized by me and my PhD student Johannes Reisinger. More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Registration here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #aiethics #philosophy

Congratulations to Tom Sterkenburg, recipient of the 2026 Herbert A. Simon Award. The award honors outstanding early-career researchers at the intersection of computing and philosophy. www.iacap.org/2026/06/06/2...

First (?) review of *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence* (edited by me, Atoosa Kasirzadeh & John Zerilli), by Brendan Shea, out now, in *Philosophy in Review*, available here: journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pi... #aiethics #philosophy

Eddy Keming Chen 's recent talk (“AI Meets Philosophy of Science”) in LMU's Philosophy and Physics Colloquium is now online. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMyk...

Philosophy and Physics Colloquium: Eddy Chen - AI meets Philosophy of Science

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Check out this video on the ethics of AI agents, featuring Dr. Benjamin Lange, who leads a junior research group as part of the LMU Munich Philosophy Faculty & the Munich Center for Machine Learning (@munichcenterml.bsky.social): youtu.be/L4iBxgQmF1w?... #aiethics #aiagents #philosophy

The Real Risk of AI Agents is Manipulation Through Kindness with Benjamin Lange

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A great Faculty Research Day last Friday: excellent talks, inspiring posters, and many conversations across different areas of philosophy. A good reminder of how much interesting work is happening around us. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and to the Siemens Stiftung for the warm hospitality.

Adding another volume to the collection: Byzantine & Renaissance Philosophy. Shout out to @histphilosophy.bsky.social. If you haven’t yet checked out his History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, you’re missing out! 😊

Today's new #HoPWaG episode looks at the delightfully cynical and quotable aphorisms of La Rochefoucauld: we explore the profound ethical theory underlying his "maxims" and writings of other French Moralists: historyofphilosophy.net/french-moral... #philosophy #podcast #earlymodern #philsky

During our faculty research day on May 29, one of many presentations was by the PhD student Johannes Reisinger, who presented work-in-progress on "AI Companions and Infidelity". For a short description of what this paper-in-progress is about, see below: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #aiethics

Faculty Day at the LMU Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies — my poster is up. The paper (in progress): AI Companions and Infidelity Even granting that an AI affair… | ...

Faculty Day at the LMU Faculty of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies — my poster is up. The paper (in progress): AI Companions and Infidelity Even granting that an AI affair and...

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