Dr Paula Sweeney
Head of School, Senior Lecturer
- About
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CB104, College Bounds, High Street, Aberdeen.
Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art HistoryBiography
I am a philosopher researching the philosophy of artificial intelligence, particularly in relation to social robots. I am also interested in research related to the philosophy of time. My background is in the philosophy of language. I am currently the Head of the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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I am currently the Head of the School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History.
- External Memberships
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I am a member of the AHRC Peer Review College, an elected board member of the British Philosophical Association and an appointed trustee of the trust associated with Thought: A Journal of Philosophy.
I am an external examiner at Lancaster University.
Prizes and Awards
I was co-investigator on the Leverhulme Trust funded project, Relativism and Rational Tolerance, with Professor Crispin Wright.
- Research
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Research Overview
After my PhD I continued to work in philosophy of language and philosophy of logic. I am now working on research in philosophy of AI, particularly the role of social robots in society. I also work in philosophy of time.
Research Specialisms
- Philosophy
- Artificial Intelligence
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
My current research is in the area of the philosophy of AI and the philosophy of time.
Supervision
I can offer supervision in the following areas:
- Philosophy of AI--particularly in relation to social robots.
- Philosophy of time.
- Some areas of philosophy of language--particularly contextualism, relativism and Wittgenstein.
- Some areas of philosophy of logic--particularly vagueness.
Funding and Grants
I was a co-investigator on the AHRC-funded project, Contextualism and Relativism.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
2020
Ethical and Legal aspects of Artificial Intelligence.
Feminist Philosophy
2019
PH3006 Contemporary Topics in Philosophy
2017
PH1027 Controversial Questions
2016
Semester One
PH1027 Controversial Questions
SX1018 Logic, Language and Information
Semester Two
PH353Z/PH454Z Philosophy of time
2015
Semester One
PH1027 Controversial Questions
PH3094/PH4094 Wittgenstein
Semester Two
PH2529 Life Death and Meaning
2014
Semester One
PH1027 Controversial Questions
Semester Two
PH352F Independent Study
PH1523 Experience, Knowledge and Reality
- Publications
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Mourning the death of Michael Besso: Eternalism as therapy
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 102, no. 3, pp. 504-514Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCommentary to the Commission’s proposal for the “AI Act” – Response to selected issues
Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and WebsitesA fictional dualism model of social robots
Ethics and Information TechnologyContributions to Journals: ArticlesNostalgia reconsidered
Ratio, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 184-190Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rati.12272
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The Role of the Sentence-Tokened
Grazer Philosophische Studien, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 419-428Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe No-Proposition View of Vagueness
Grazer Philosophische Studien, vol. 93, no. 2, pp. 179-195Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFuture contingents, indeterminacy and context
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 408-422Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12077
Contextualism and the principle of tolerance
Grazer Philosophische Studien, vol. 90, no. 1, pp. 289-306Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Utility of Content-Relativism
Dialectica, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 563-579Contributions to Journals: ArticlesVagueness and Practical Interest
Vagueness and Language Use. Égré, P., Klinedinst, N. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 249-282, 34 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
