60 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/philosophie/research/theoretical-philosophy/projects/critical-thinking-in-education-and-research Research Project Critical Thinking en University of Bremen Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:38:48 +0200 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:38:48 +0200 University of Bremen content-705708 Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:34:46 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/philosophie/research/theoretical-philosophy/projects/critical-thinking-in-education-and-research#c705708 <p>Current developments in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), and also the increasing importance of dealing with big data in general, lead to important philosophical questions, especially re. epistemology. Typical examples are: To what extend are the results gained by means of AI and ML conclusive and transparent? When would underlying computational processes be considered “creative”? What is the relation between predictive success and scientific understanding?</p> <p>A first overview of these and similar questions is offered in a blog post on <a href="https://www.philosophie.ch/2025-04-01-sieroka" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">"Philosophy of AI and the Role of Digital Design"</a>. In order to investigate these and other questions together with colleagues from the corresponding individual sciences, the Chair of Theoretical Philosophy collaborates in a number of research networks and centres (you can find more information on their websites):</p> <ul><li><a class="externalLink" href="https://www.dsc-ub.de/en/index.php" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Data Science Center, University Bremen</a></li><li><a class="externalLink" href="https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/research-alliance" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">AG Data Science, U Bremen Research Alliance</a></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220506221129/https://blogs.ethz.ch/RETHINK/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">RETHINK</a> (Rethinking Design with Artificial Intelligence), ETH Zurich; Governance Board (Archived: 14. Aug 2020 - 11. May 2024)</li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230821080514/https://www.turing.ethz.ch/" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Turing Centre Zurich; Directory Board</a> (Archived: 19. Jan 2016 - 21. Aug 2023)</li></ul> <p>These collaborations have so far resulted in a white paper on the role of artificial intelligence in drug development: <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41573-019-0050-3" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">"Rethinking Drug Design in the Artificial Intelligence Era"</a> (Nature Reviews Drug Discovery). In addition, together with colleagues from architecture and web design, we developed a digital product of our own. The online whiteboard "KNOW" offers the possibility to combine different data formats, as they typically occur in teaching and project work (images, texts, comments ...), on a uniform interface and to develop them further together. <a class="externalLink" href="https://know.ethz.ch/auth" title="Opens external link in new window" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p> Content