All Outputs (8)

Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality? (2023)
Thesis

This thesis is an investigation into philosophical issues surrounding the production of human-like robots. I will argue that there is no reason to think conscious robots will ever be built, but that supposedly conscious robots that are able to emulat... Read More about Conscious robots: what happens when a philosophical confusion becomes a societal reality?.

In our own image: materialism’s impoverished image of humanity and what this means for our technological future (2022)
Thesis

In this thesis, I seek to temper the commonly held faith in our technological endeavours. Recently this has taken the form of seeking to create humanlike technologies. In part one, I argue that progress in this is derailed by the image of humanity ad... Read More about In our own image: materialism’s impoverished image of humanity and what this means for our technological future.

The meaning of life: a defence of the question’s legitimacy and routes towards ultimate meaning (2021)
Thesis

This dissertation establishes and defends three positions: (1) The question ‘What is the meaning of life?’ is a request for a global-metaphysical explanation for life and existence that narrates across those elements of most existential import to hum... Read More about The meaning of life: a defence of the question’s legitimacy and routes towards ultimate meaning.

Understanding gender and its relation to the philosophy of personal identity (2020)
Thesis

The aim of this thesis is to establish that there is no metaphysical account of personal identity that requires us to regard gender as essential to our identities. I shall begin by examining forms of essentialism as well as rejections of essentialism... Read More about Understanding gender and its relation to the philosophy of personal identity.

The Meaning of Life and the Great Philosophers (2018)
Book

Postscript (2018)
Book Chapter

Consciousness and the Great Philosophers (2016)
Book

Consciousness and the Great Philosophers addresses the question of how the great philosophers of the past might have reacted to the contemporary problem of consciousness. Each of the thirty-two chapters within this edited collection focuses on a majo... Read More about Consciousness and the Great Philosophers.

Mind, Language, and Metaphilosophy: Early Philosophical Papers (2014)
Book