Dr. Susi Ferrarello invites scholars to submit papers for an interdisciplinary volume/conference exploring the intersections of phenomenology, cognition, and AI.
Call for Papers
Phenomenology, Cognition, and Artificial Intelligence
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2025
Dr. Susi Ferrarello invites scholars to submit papers for an interdisciplinary volume/conference exploring the intersections of phenomenology, cognition, and artificial intelligence. This call for papers seeks contributions that examine how phenomenological insights can inform our understanding of cognition in the age of AI and how artificial intelligence challenges and reshapes classical phenomenological theories of consciousness, perception, and embodiment.
Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Phenomenology and AI: How can phenomenology contribute to debates on machine perception, artificial intentionality, and synthetic cognition?
- Cognition and embodiment: The role of the lived body (Leib) in cognition and its implications for AI and robotics.
- AI and consciousness: Can AI achieve a form of self-awareness or lived experience? A phenomenological critique of computational theories of mind.
- Intentionality and machine learning: The Husserlian notion of intentionality in relation to deep learning and predictive processing models.
- AI and intersubjectivity: The potential and limits of AI as an intersubjective agent; implications for empathy, ethics, and human-machine interaction.
- Technological mediation of experience: How AI influences perception, decision-making, and attention from a phenomenological standpoint.
- AI and phenomenological psychopathology: Can AI simulate or interpret mental disorders from a first-person perspective?
- Memory, time, and AI: Bergson, Husserl, and Heidegger on temporality and how it contrasts with AI-based memory and prediction systems.
- AI ethics and existential concerns: Phenomenological insights into AI’s impact on autonomy, authenticity, and human agency.
Submissions are welcome from researchers in philosophy, cognitive science, psychology, computer science, AI ethics, and related fields. Both theoretical and applied approaches are encouraged.
Submission guidelines:
- Abstracts (300-500 words) should be submitted by June 15, 2025.
- Full papers (5,000-8,000 words) will be requested upon acceptance.
- Submissions should be formatted in APA style and sent in Word or PDF format.
- Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and a short bio (150 words) with your submission.
Contact information:
For submissions and inquiries, please contact: Dr. Susi Ferrarello – [email protected]