James H. Moor

Professor of Philosophy

Dartmouth College


 

James.H.Moor@Dartmouth.edu

Phone: 1-603-646-2155
Fax: 1-603-646-1699
 
6035 Thornton
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755-3592

Professional interests in philosophy of artificial intelligence, philosophy of mind, logic, and computer ethics.

 

The Turing Test: The Elusive Standard of Artificial Intelligence, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003

The Logic Book, 4th Edition (with Merrie Bergmann and Jack Nelson) NewYork: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2004

 

Cyberphilosophy: The Intersection of Computing and Philosophy (Co-edited with Terrell Bynum), Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publishers, 2002

The Digital Phoenix: How Computers Are Changing Philosophy (Co-edited with Terrell Bynum), Oxford: Basil Blackwell Publishers, 1998. Revised edition 2000

La fenice digitale: Come i computer stanno cambiando la filosofia Italian Editon. Milano, Italy: Apogeo, 2000

 

"The Future of Computer Ethics: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet", Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2001

"The Status and Future of the Turing Test", Minds and Machines, Vo.l. 11, No. 1, 2001, pp. 77-93.

"Privacy Protection, Control of Information, and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies" (with Herman T. Tavani), Readings in CyberEthics, eds. Richard Spinello and Herman Tavani, Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett, 2001, pp. 378-391. Reprinted in Computers & Society, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2001, pp. 6-11.

"Thinking Must Be Computation of the Right Kind", Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Vol. 9, Bowling Green, OH: Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 2000, pp. 115-122.

 

Editor of Minds and Machines

 

This journal fosters a tradition of criticism within the AI and philosophical communities on problems and issues of common concern. Its scope explicitly encompasses philosophical aspects of computer science. All submissions will be subject to review.

 

Course Links:

Philosophy 6: Logic and Language

Philosophy 26: Philosophy and Computers

Old Course Links:

Philosophy Foreign Study Program in Edinburgh, Fall 2001
 
Coco 10
 

Other Professional Activities:

Society for Machines and Mentality - President (2001-2002)

American Philosophical Association Committee on Philosophy and Computers - Chair (1998-2000)

Ethics and Information Technology - Editorial Board Member

Information, Communication & Ethics in Society - Editorial Board Member

International Society for Ethics and Information Technology - Board Member

Computers and Philosophy Conferences

International Association for Computers and Philosophy - Executive Committee Member

Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Policy - Canberra, Australia, Summer 2002 - Visiting Professor

The International Workshop for the Foundation of Information Ethics, Kyoto University, March 15-16, 1999. and Hiroshima, February, 2001.

Fellow - Harvard Information Infrastructure Project - 1999-2000

Loebner Prize 2000 - January 28, 2000 - Director

Conference on The Future of the Turing Test: The Next Fifty Years - January 28-30, 2000 - Director

Computer Ethics Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE 2000) - July 14-16, 2000

 

Last Update: August, 2003


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