Algorithmic Decision Making: Philosophical Challenges (PI: Jens Christian Bjerring, Postdocs Lauritz Aastrup Munch and Joshua James Hatherley) This project explores the impacts of integrating machine-learning algorithms into societal decision-making, focusing on the trade-off between enhanced accuracy and the loss of transparency due to their opaque "black-box" nature. The research combines technical insights from AI with philosophical analysis to assess how these algorithms influence decisions across different societal contexts such as medicine.
Autistic Role Models (PI: Raffaele Rodogno; postdoc Katrine Krause-Jensen) The research project Autistic Role Models studies the quality of life of individuals on the autism spectrum. It investigates how autistic role models can improve the chances of people on the spectrum to lead fulfilling lives. This is done by portraying snippets of autistic lives in which the model found alternative but successful solutions to the difficulties commonly encountered by members of the autistic community.
Being at the Edge of our World: Towards a Phenomenology of Common Sense Impairment in Schizophrenia (PhD-student, Lasse Borg Kjerkegaard) The research project lies in the field of phenomenological psychopathology. It seeks to understand how experiential life is altered in schizophrenia. Making use of qualitative studies and testimonies on the lived experience of the disorder, the project aims to develop phenomenological concepts that can help us grasp and understand pervasive and commonly shared anomalous experiences among patients.
Cursed men and dangerous children (PI: Associate Professor Emerita Karen Pallesgaard Munk) The interdisciplinary research project is following the consequences of moral panic due to pedophilia in our understanding of males and children in the Danish society during the last 25 years. The empirical basis of the project is a longitudinal interview study of 20 males convicted of sexual abuse on children, two cross sectional studies of Danish kindergartens, a survey of the legislation in the area since 1866 and literature on the field. Of special interest are the processes of stigmatization and moral panic.
Epistemic Injustice in Diagnosis (PI: Anke Bueter; Postdoc Thor Hennelund Nielsen) The research project “Epistemic Injustice in Diagnosis” examines how social prejudices interact with the conceptualization of diagnoses, as well as with their application in clinical contexts. On the one hand, we study how prejudices can unfairly lower patients’ credibility, which may lead to communication failures and underdiagnosis. On the other hand, we also investigate the negative effects of overdiagnosis on patients’ self-conception and social status.
Experimental Philosophy of Medicine (PI: Somogy Varga; Postdoc Andrew J. Latham) This project aims to introduce experimental philosophy methods into the philosophy of medicine, a domain where these approaches remain largely unexplored. The primary focus is to investigate the concepts of health and disease using experimental methods that have proven effective in other philosophical contexts for capturing the content of various concepts. By applying these methods, we aim to determine the factors that influence these concepts and explore the functions they serve in diverse contexts.
Rationality, Destigmatization, and Mental Disorder (PI: Somogy Varga; Co-PI’s: Anke Büter and Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen; Postdoc 1; Postdoc 2) The project aims to enhance our understanding of forms of irrationality identified by scholarly literature as significant in diagnosing and explaining mental disorders. It will seek to develop an integrated perspective on epistemic rationality, reevaluate the connection between rationality and mental health, and contribute to both understanding and mitigating stigmatization.
Understanding Psychological Impossibility (PI: Andrew J. Latham) Understanding Psychological Impossibility (UPI) will develop the first systematic account of psychological impossibility by combining philosophical theorizing with empirical results from experimental philosophy, and the cognitive and brain sciences. UPI will improve our understanding of the relationship between people’s options, freedom, and moral responsibility, and provide the theoretical resources for ethical decision making when faced by people who have different affordances for choice and action.
