Workshop:
Normativity of AI
We are organising a workshop on the topic of the normativity of AI systems. The workshop brings together scholars working from a range of philosophical perspectives – including philosophy of language, social philosophy, philosophy of technology, and neo-Aristotelian philosophy. Through talks and critical discussions across traditions and methodologies, we hope to shed light on what the normativity of AI is, what it is not, and why these distinctions matter for philosophy and society alike.
Daodejing Reading Group Presents:
Lost in Translation?! How to Read the Daodejing in English
with Hans-Georg Moeller
We are pleased to announce that, on July 2, Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Moeller will join the Daodejing Reading Group led by Robin R. Wang in a discussion of one of the central questions in the study of classical Chinese philosophy: How can texts such as the Daodejing be translated, and is translation ever fully possible?
Mercator Lecture:
Can AI Learn Tong通? Subtle Proximity and a Dao-Based Model of Intelligence
This talk by Professor Robin R. Wang introduces the Dui–Tong Problem—the divergence between correctness (對dui) and relational responsiveness (通tong).
You are welcome to join us digitally or in person.
Workshop Series:
Die Dialektik der Aufklärung lesen
As part of the Philo-Lounge, organised by the Fachschaft Philosophie, Victor Weisbrod will lead a workshop series on Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer’s work Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944/1969).
The workshop series will take place in German. Everyone is warmly welcome. No registration is required.
Reading Group:
Daodejing (道德經)
Led by Robin R. Wang
We are pleased to announce a reading group on the Daodejing (道德經) led by Robin R. Wang, Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University and currently a Mercator Visiting Professor at the University of Bonn.
The reading group offers an opportunity for shared reading and open discussion of the Daodejing. No prior knowledge is required, and all interested participants are warmly welcome.