President Harris speaking at the 2023 Engineering and Liberal Education (ELE) Symposium
Union's entry in the SAE Baja Competition
Events
The Templeton Institute (TI) is thrilled to announce that renowned philosopher Dr. David J. Chalmers came to Union College to deliver a major lecture, entitled "Can ChatGPT Think?," at the Nott Memorial on the evening of October 30th, 2024 (5:00-6:30 PM). This event was made possible through generous sponsorship by the Feigenbaum Forum for Innovation and Creativity, and was put on in partnership with the Templeton Institute and Union's Department of Philosophy.
David Chalmers is University Professor of Philosophy and Neural Science and Co-Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at New York University. He has given the John Locke Lectures and has been awarded the Jean Nicod Prize. He is known for formulating the "hard problem" of consciousness, which inspired Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, and for the idea of the "extended mind," which posits that the tools we use can become parts of our minds. (Images Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
The TI also established an interdisciplinary reading group for faculty to study and discuss Prof. Chalmers's important recent book, Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy (New York: Norton, 2022).
Templeton Institute (TI) Wednesdays
One of our signature events, TI Wednesdays, brings together faculty and staff to meet with their colleagues, get to know each other better, and discuss new ideas and potential integrative collaborations. Each TI Wednesday features a topic (e.g., Academic Honesty, Artificial Intelligence, etc.), and participants will be encouraged to spend at least part of the time discussing such topics together. From time to time, a brief “lightning talk” may be scheduled to stimulate conversation.