2018 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
倫理学とＡ．Ｉ．の見地から見た「行為」の多元主義的形而上学の発展
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17F17783
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
エアトル ヴォルフガング 慶應義塾大学, 文学部(三田), 教授 (30407150)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ZARDAI ISTVAN 慶應義塾大学, 文学部, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-11-10 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | Philosophy of action / human action / agency / action theory / metaphysics / explanation / metaethics / responsibility |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
April 2018 - March 2019
Dr.Zardai continued revising his book manuscript, submitted his book proposal to several publishers. MIT Press is interested and he is in talks with them; Published a paper, ‘Agents in Movement’, in the Mita Journal of Philosophy; Published a book review on Kieran Setiya’s Practical Knowledge in Ethical Theory and Moral Practice; Submitted for publication two papers based on chapters 1 and 2 of his book, to Philosophical Explorations and to Nous. Currently both under review; Concluded a project with Dr Diederik Roijers (Vrije Universitat Amsterdam) on ethical AI policies. The paper, ‘On the Responsible Design and Deployment of Artificial Agents’, is under review by Science and Engineering Ethics; Delivered 12 talks across universities in Japan; Attended the meeting of the Japanese Philosophical Society in Kobe between the 17-20th May 2019; Participated in more than 20 conferences and workshops on philosophy, ethics, and AI; Continued editing the website www.philosophyofaction.com; Started an interview series with researchers working on action theory. Interviewed more than 40 people and made all interviews freely available; Participated in the research seminar of his host; Ran a reading group for PhD and MA level students at Keio University; Gave an interview to Inspire Tokyo with the title ‘Breaking Down Philosophy.’ It is published as a free podcast, with the aim of making philosophy and research more approachable and popular; Met students at the Fukushima Prefectural High School as part of the Student Dialogue programme of JSPS.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Dr. Zardai sets out to finish revising and upgrading his book manuscript, and publish it as a book. He is currently in talks with a publisher, MIT Press, and has gone through the material two times. He is working now with the guidance of an editor. This is going according to schedule, and the manuscript can be sent off to the publisher within the next months.
One of the other goals of his JSPS fellowship was to publish materials from the book as papers. He has published a paper and a book review, and has two papers under review. He also finished another project, addressing the ethics of AI. The paper written with a Dutch researcher is now also under review. He wrote two other papers which He is preparing now for publication.
He has also applied materials from his book to a well-known problem in experimental philosophy and psychology. His book employs a distinction between voluntariness and intentionality. He puts to use this distinction to provide an original interpretation of the widely discussed Knobe-effect. Based on his interpretation of Knobe’s data it might be possible to set up an experiment in the future.
During his tenure He read up on topics that he can address during his future work. He has done research on the ethics of AI, and on topics in moral philosophy, focusing on blame and responsibility. He has also read a great amount of political philosophy and international relations theory; mainly on international justice, equality, and exploitation. This new knowledge will help him in writing his next book, and to improve his competencies as a teacher and supervisor.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Dr.Zardai will focus on completing the revised book manuscript, and on getting it ready for publication. He also plans to finish the manuscripts in progress, and to deliver talks in Akita, Hiroshima, Okayama, and Tokyo. He will continue his reading group for Keio PhD and MA students, and he established a new philosophy reading group with Dr Akiko Frisschut (Akita International University). He is also cooperating on a conference with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, titled Science, Ethics and Action (SEA), planned for February 2020.
April 2019 - July 2019: Finish work on book manuscript and send it off to editor at MIT Press; ; Finish work on the manuscript “What the Knobe-effect Tracks: Unintentional but Voluntary Harm” and send it off; Deliver talk at Keio University; Continue leading reading group for PhD and MA students at Keio University. Expected outcomes: Receive extended editorial feedback on book manuscript; Publication of paper on the Knobe-effect’s new interpretation.
July 2019 - September 2019: Address comments from book editor; Continue work on “AI, Decisions, and Responsibility” paper and submit it; Deliver talks in Akita, Hiroshima, and Okayama; Make progress with publishing the book. Expected outcomes: Publication of paper on why AI should not resemble humans in French-Japanese volume.
October 2019 - November 2019: Complete work on the book; Finish and send off rewritten “Doings and Things Done” paper to History of Analytic Philosophy. Expected outcomes: Complete work on the book; Publication of paper on the Doings -Things Done.
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