Artificial intelligence, the limits of human cognition, and the poverty of ‘rationality’

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Boddington, Paula (2025) Artificial intelligence, the limits of human cognition, and the poverty of ‘rationality’. In: XXX Conference on Contemporary Philosophy and Methodology of Science: Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Analysis of Rationality and Ethical Reflections, 14-15 Mar 2025, Galicia, Spain.

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This paper explores how the notions of rationality underlying conceptions of artificial intelligence, along with allied conceptions of goal-directed efficiency, may sometimes work in ways directly counter to the ethical requirements of human relationships and care. This will be illustrated by reference to research into the care of people living with dementia based upon ethnographic observation, and upon notions of embodied personhood and embodied cognition, as well as reference to the concept of ‘material thinking’ as used in art theory. This then also provides an opportunity to reflect on the nature and limits of the rationality underlying current artificial intelligence.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Page Range:	pp. 1-19
Keywords:	Artificial intelligence, dementia, ethics, philosophy
Subjects:	Medicine and health > Clinical medicine > Dementia
Related URLs:	Organisation
Depositing User:	Paula Boddington
Date Deposited:	16 Apr 2025 12:30
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2025 12:30
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/13478

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