Ramón Alvarado
@ramonalvarado.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Editor-in-Chief of Global Philosophy. President of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) and the Association for Philosophy and Computing (APC). Philosopher of computational methods.
I understand the concerns about peer review, but I have to say that what I’ve seen as an editor in the last year is both heartwarming and fills me with hope. The level of thoughtfulness, care, and practicality is amazing. A community of scholars striving for both rigor and inclusivity.
February 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
I understand the concerns about peer review, but I have to say that what I’ve seen as an editor in the last year is both heartwarming and fills me with hope. The level of thoughtfulness, care, and practicality is amazing. A community of scholars striving for both rigor and inclusivity.
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New #philsci #philsky paper on #ML and #scientificmodelling! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account”
We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge
1/4
“Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account”
We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge
1/4
Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account - Synthese
Synthese - We provide an analysis of theory-ladenness in machine learning (ML) in science, where ‘theory’ (that we call ‘domain-theory’) refers to the domain knowledge of...
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February 17, 2026 at 1:07 PM
New #philsci #philsky paper on #ML and #scientificmodelling! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account”
We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge
1/4
“Machine learning and theory-ladenness: a phenomenological account”
We revisit a widespread assumption in #philsci that modelling practices are inevitably shaped by domain-theoretical knowledge
1/4
Dogmatic anthropocentric and social analysis of #AI is at best limited, at worst misguided. It gets in the way of understanding its actual capacities —and hence potential harms. Like focusing on the limitations of a jet fighter because it doesn’t fly like a hummingbird.
#philtech #AIethics #philsci
#philtech #AIethics #philsci
Artifactual Epistemology and Environmental Intelligence
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February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
IACAP CfP extension for this year’s conference at the University of Kansas.
#philtech #philsci #AIethics
#philtech #philsci #AIethics
🚨I am pleased to announce that IACAP (The International Association for Computing and Philosophy) has extended its call for papers for its 2026 Conference.
Please see further details and submit your paper here:
pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp
Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
Please see further details and submit your paper here:
pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp
Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Annual Conference 2026
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Annual Conference 2026
pretalx.iacapconf.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:39 AM
🚨I am pleased to announce that IACAP (The International Association for Computing and Philosophy) has extended its call for papers for its 2026 Conference.
Please see further details and submit your paper here:
pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp
Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
Please see further details and submit your paper here:
pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp
Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Annual Conference 2026
Schedule, talks and talk submissions for International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Annual Conference 2026
pretalx.iacapconf.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
🚨I am pleased to announce that IACAP (The International Association for Computing and Philosophy) has extended its call for papers for its 2026 Conference.
Please see further details and submit your paper here:
pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp
Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
Please see further details and submit your paper here:
pretalx.iacapconf.org/iacap-2026/cfp
Looking forward to seeing your submissions,
Whatever you think abt a technology, the motivations behind it, or the power dynamics of its adoption, “head in the sand” arguments are just mediocre arguments/fallacies. This is exactly what Turing called them in 1951. That’s why #AIethics is so lost. A code of ethics needs to make sense.
#philtech
#philtech
February 4, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
This sounds to me like what I take publishing to be.
I would replace all secret peer review in philosophy with open peer commentary. Debate out in the open would make the discipline seem so much livelier.
January 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
This sounds to me like what I take publishing to be.
My son just released his first solo EP. Not only is he a great songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, but he recorded and produced everything with his phone!
It would mean a lot if some of you bought his music, it’s only $4.99
music.apple.com/us/album/fru...
#music #musicsky #newmusicfriday
It would mean a lot if some of you bought his music, it’s only $4.99
music.apple.com/us/album/fru...
#music #musicsky #newmusicfriday
Fruga - EP by Fruga on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 5 Songs
music.apple.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:55 PM
My son just released his first solo EP. Not only is he a great songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, but he recorded and produced everything with his phone!
It would mean a lot if some of you bought his music, it’s only $4.99
music.apple.com/us/album/fru...
#music #musicsky #newmusicfriday
It would mean a lot if some of you bought his music, it’s only $4.99
music.apple.com/us/album/fru...
#music #musicsky #newmusicfriday
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
Why Twitter Was Open During the Maduro Raid?
youtu.be/WNU9yDwvUDU
youtu.be/WNU9yDwvUDU
Why Twitter Was Open During the Maduro Raid?
YouTube video by Ryan McBeth
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January 6, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Why Twitter Was Open During the Maduro Raid?
youtu.be/WNU9yDwvUDU
youtu.be/WNU9yDwvUDU
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
The first two hours this morning
January 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The first two hours this morning
Before we can say whether AI can or cannot address loneliness, we need to do some conceptual work on both AI as a distinct kind of technology and the distinct kinds of Loneliness. Here’s a video of some research I’m working on related to this exact problem.
#philtech #philsci #philsky #AIethics
#philtech #philsci #philsky #AIethics
AI and Loneliness
YouTube video by Ramón Alvarado
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January 2, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Can AI address Loneliness? In this episode of DatOS I introduce some necessary conceptual clarification before we can begin answering this question.
AI as as an epistemic technology may be able to address one kind loneliness—epistemic loneliness— but only to a certain extent.
#philtech #AIethics
AI as as an epistemic technology may be able to address one kind loneliness—epistemic loneliness— but only to a certain extent.
#philtech #AIethics
AI and Loneliness
YouTube video by Ramón Alvarado
youtube.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Reposted by Ramón Alvarado
I don't want to fight, so just take this as a personal psych report: it depresses me, and reduces my faith in education, when I see well-respected people with PhDs adduce the heavy-metal-music-suicide hearings as an inspiring precedent for regulation of matrix multiplication.
December 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I don't want to fight, so just take this as a personal psych report: it depresses me, and reduces my faith in education, when I see well-respected people with PhDs adduce the heavy-metal-music-suicide hearings as an inspiring precedent for regulation of matrix multiplication.
It’s not that they are ‘true enough’, in fact sometimes they are plain false but they play very specific epistemic functions. Pincock explained what these may be a decade ago in detail from idealizations to abstractions to fictions and falsities of models.
#philsci
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#philsci
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December 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It’s not that they are ‘true enough’, in fact sometimes they are plain false but they play very specific epistemic functions. Pincock explained what these may be a decade ago in detail from idealizations to abstractions to fictions and falsities of models.
#philsci
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
#philsci
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Interested in the intersection of #philsci and machine learning? This open access book is where the most recent contributions by the leading voices in such debates are taking place.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
Philosophy of Science for Machine Learning
This open access book offers a comprehensive and systematic debate on key concepts and areas of application of philosophy of science for machine learning.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Interested in the intersection of #philsci and machine learning? This open access book is where the most recent contributions by the leading voices in such debates are taking place.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
Glad to be a part of it challenging the idea that computational reliabilism can pragmatically lead to trust in AI.
🚨 My new paper challenging the adequacy of computational reliabilism as an epistemological framework for AI is now out in the Synthese book Philosophy of Science for Machine Learning , ed. Giorgia Pozzi and Durán. (Open access) #philsci #philtech
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Challenges for Computational Reliabilism in AI and Other Computational Methods
Computational reliabilism has been recently deployed to justify our reliance and trust in computational technologies such as machine learning methods in artificial intelligence. Roughly, these deploym...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🚨 My new paper challenging the adequacy of computational reliabilism as an epistemological framework for AI is now out in the Synthese book Philosophy of Science for Machine Learning , ed. Giorgia Pozzi and Durán. (Open access) #philsci #philtech
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
🚨 Another call for nominations: The Herbert Simon Award. (IACAP) seeks nominations to recognize scholars at an EARLY stage of their academic career (i.e., <10y after PhD) who are likely to reshape debates at the nexus of Computing and Philosophy by their original research.
#philsci #philtech
#philsci #philtech
IACAP 2026 Simon Award Nomination
The Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy recognizes scholars at an early stage of their academic career who are likely to reshape debates at the nexus of Computing and Philosophy by their original research.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🚨 The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) seeks nominations for the 2026 Covey Award.
The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy.
#philtech
limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/23...
The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy.
#philtech
limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/23...
IACAP 2026 Covey Award Nomination
limesurvey.mq.edu.au
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
🚨 The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) seeks nominations for the 2026 Covey Award.
The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy.
#philtech
limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/23...
The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy.
#philtech
limesurvey.mq.edu.au/index.php/23...
Francis Bacon as philosopher of science and epistemologist:
- invents social epistemology/falsifiabilism/externalism/process reliabilism/automated science
- tackles the problems of induction/demarcation/verification.
Historians of science: he was personally and politically problematic 🤦♂️
#philsci
- invents social epistemology/falsifiabilism/externalism/process reliabilism/automated science
- tackles the problems of induction/demarcation/verification.
Historians of science: he was personally and politically problematic 🤦♂️
#philsci
December 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Francis Bacon as philosopher of science and epistemologist:
- invents social epistemology/falsifiabilism/externalism/process reliabilism/automated science
- tackles the problems of induction/demarcation/verification.
Historians of science: he was personally and politically problematic 🤦♂️
#philsci
- invents social epistemology/falsifiabilism/externalism/process reliabilism/automated science
- tackles the problems of induction/demarcation/verification.
Historians of science: he was personally and politically problematic 🤦♂️
#philsci
I have to say, this whole microworkshop concept is where it’s at. Some of the most enriching and thoughtful exchanges happen in this kind of intimate setting. I hope it catches on.
So grateful for those that flew and drove across states, countries and continents just to be here.
#philsci
So grateful for those that flew and drove across states, countries and continents just to be here.
#philsci
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I have to say, this whole microworkshop concept is where it’s at. Some of the most enriching and thoughtful exchanges happen in this kind of intimate setting. I hope it catches on.
So grateful for those that flew and drove across states, countries and continents just to be here.
#philsci
So grateful for those that flew and drove across states, countries and continents just to be here.
#philsci
Day 2: AI and scientific discovery, automating mathematical proofs, AI’s strange error, and human-shape constrains for agentic AI’s reasoning. Really memorable two days of conversation about computational methods in science. I should organize these microworkshops more often!
#philsci #philtech
#philsci #philtech
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Day 1 of our microworkshop on computational methods in science: Occam’s Razor in machine learning, computational opacity, program analysis and scientific choice, and the possibility or desirability to automate decisions in science.
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Day 1 of our microworkshop on computational methods in science: Occam’s Razor in machine learning, computational opacity, program analysis and scientific choice, and the possibility or desirability to automate decisions in science.
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci
Can’t wait for today’s conversation.
#philsci