I am a Lecturer in Bioethics at the Department of Philosophy, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
With degrees in philosophy and applied physics, I am both a philosopher and a scientist. My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of the philosophy of science, the philosophy of computation, epistemology, and applied ethics (especially bioethics) related to technology and science. I focus on unification, explanation, model-based reasoning, laws of nature, perspectival realism, trust, and the metacognitive aspects of scientific practice. In the philosophy of physics, I have explored space-time models of unified field theories, the philosophical assumptions of quantum gravity (particularly string theory and string dualities), and semi-classical models. Additionally, I retain a strong interest in the philosophical aspects of cognitive science and computational science, which includes numerical simulations, machine learning, and evolutionary computation. Recently, I have engaged in the emerging field of ‘computational ethics’ (or ‘machine ethics’) and models of artificial moral agency based on AI and machine learning.
I teach on topics that impact our world and on how we pass this knowledge to future generations, including the philosophy of science, the philosophy of AI and its applications in science and everyday life, the philosophy of other emerging technologies, logic, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. Recently, I began working on the impact of AI on healthcare science with a peculiar interest in the epistemology and ethics of “precision medicine”.
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