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AI, Public Reason and the Right to Explanation

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 19:46:09 +0000

Seminar given by Jocelyn Maclure with the Social and Political Theory Group at Pompeu Fabra University.

Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:09:16 +0000

Lecture by Michael Cholbi

Leacock 232

Reception to follow

Open to all, registration required

To register, please email alessandra.destison [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Workshop on AI and the philosophy of grief

admin — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:18:46 +0000

Workshop by Michael Cholbi

Leacock 927

Open to all, registration required

To register, please email alessandra.destison [at] mail.mcgill.ca

RGHNV : Michael Cholbi (Edimburgh) "Grief and Memory in Radically Extended Lives"

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:31:36 +0000

Jarislowky Lecture Series in Human Nature and Technology

Hugo Cossette Lefebvre Co-Authors New Paper in Journal of Ethics

admin — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:55:42 +0000

We are pleased to share that Hugo Cossette Lefebvre, a postdoctoral researcher for the Jarislowsky Chair, recently co-authored a paper with Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University). The paper is titled "Neither Direct, Nor Indirect: Understanding Proxy-Based Algorithmic Discrimination" and was recently published in the latest issue of the Journal of Ethics. Please see below to read the abstract, and the paper.

New Publication : "Avatars numériques post mortem et deuil : un point de vue éthique"

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:32:36 +0000

Written by Jocelyn Maclure, Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, Karina Vold, Christophe Facal, and Isabelle Dumont

New Publication : Between precedent autonomy and the patient's best interests: a reasonable path for advance medical assistance in dying requests

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 23:45:56 +0000

This chapter, written by Jocelyn Maclure and Naïma Hamrouni, was published in Research Handbook on Voluntary Assisted Dying Law, Regulation and Practice edited by Ben White. Access the work here

91�� Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:40:08 +0000

91�� Talks AI: Navigating the Future Together

Event Work-in-Progress Session- Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre: "Can AI Systems Hold Wrongful Beliefs? Doxastic Wrongs in Machine Reasoning"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:07:57 +0000

The Jarislowsky Chair will be hosting Hugo Cossette-Lefebvre, a Postdoctoral Researcher for the chair, for a WIP session on March 17, 2025 at noon.

Event "Should We Worry About the Welfare of AI?" Roundtable with Jocelyn Maclure, Jonathan Simon and Heather Alexander

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:12:47 +0000

*THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO ALL, BUT REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Please email julia.houwen [at] mcgill.ca to register*

Jarislowsky Chair Lecture Series: Regina Rini (York University), "Science: The Intellectual Leviathan"

christina.rosania@mcgill.ca — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:16:29 +0000

Jarislowsky Lecture Series in Human Nature and Technology "Science: The Intellectual Leviathan" Regina Rini (York University)
October 18, 2024

Jarislowsky Chair Work-in-Progress Series: Regina Rini (York University)

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:18:28 +0000

Jarislowsky Chair Work-in-Progress Series Regina Rini (York University)
October 18, 2024
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Ballroom, Thomson House

Mary Kate McGowan (Wellesley College), “On Silencing, Miscommunication, and Silence”

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:24:20 +0000

“On Silencing, Miscommunication, and Silence” Mary Kate McGowan (Wellesley College)
Monday, October 28, 2024
Leacock 927

POSTPONED: Jarislowsky Chair Lecture Series: Hady Ba (Cheikh Anta Diop University’s Teachers College), “Southern Epistemology and Endogenous Knowledge”

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:12:26 +0000

Please note this event has been postponed until further notice.

Trevor Teitel (University of Toronto), "On the Plurality of Counterfactuals"

nathalia.duartecamara@mcgill.ca — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:50:50 +0000

Colloquium Series "On the Plurality of Counterfactuals" Trevor Teitel (University of Toronto) Friday, April 5, 2024