Phil Torres

Phil Torres is an Affiliate Scholar at the IEET. He earned a BA in philosophy (with Honors) from the University of Maryland, College Park, a MS in neuroscience from Brandeis University, and spent a year as a visiting graduate student in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. At present, his primary research interests lie at the intersection of emerging technologies and the philosophy of mind and biology; he also has strong interests in existential risks. He has published papers in several academic journals, including the Journal of Future Studies, the Journal of Evolution and Technology, Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, and Erkenntnis. He has also published in magazines such as American Atheist. Prior to becoming a researcher, he spent several years writing music for television and film.

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Articles

"The Evolution of Robots: Natural Selection in Action"   from A Crises of Faith - Atheism, Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humanity  Jul 24, 2012

"Will Future Generations Listen to Music?"   Ethical Technology  May 7, 2012

"Transhumanists Coming Out of the Closet"   Ethical Technology  Feb 14, 2011

"Group Intelligence, Enhancement, and Extended Minds"   Ethical Technology  Jan 19, 2011

"#7: Will posthumans all be atheists?"   Ethical Technology  Dec 25, 2010

"#13: If Only We Were Smarter!"   Ethical Technology  Dec 19, 2010

"On Why It Might Be Wise To Think More About Wisdom"   Ethical Technology  Oct 1, 2010

"A Paradox of Enhancement"   Ethical Technology  Aug 25, 2010

"Overcoming the “Adaptive Lag” through Person-Engineering"   Ethical Technology  Aug 19, 2010

"How Certain Should We Be?"   Ethical Technology  Jul 21, 2010

"Why “Why Transhumanism Won’t Work” Won’t Work"   Philosophical Fallibilism  Jun 24, 2010

"Will posthumans all be atheists?"   Ethical Technology  Jun 1, 2010

"Is Progress always progress?"   Ethical Technology  May 20, 2010

"Scientific Fallibilism and SETI"   Ethical Technology  May 6, 2010

"The Plastic Elastic Cyborg"   Ethical Technology  Apr 28, 2010

"Human Evolution and Technology: From Prosimian to Posthuman"   Ethical Technology  Apr 16, 2010

"Blue Skies and Existential Risks"   Ethical Technology  Apr 7, 2010

"(Post)Human-Technology Relations"   Ethical Technology  Mar 29, 2010

"If Only We Were Smarter!"   Ethical Technology  Mar 20, 2010

"What are ‘biological limitations’ anyway?"   Ethical Technology  Feb 18, 2010

"Will cognitive enhancement technology make us dumber?"   Ethical Technology  Jan 13, 2010

"Rational Capitulationism"   Ethical Technology  Dec 28, 2009