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MA in Ancient Philosophy, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2001); PhD in Philosophy, University of Wales Trinity Saint David (2005). Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Neoplatonic Virtue Ethics (CNVE) at the University of Copenhagen (2010–2012); Research Associate in the project Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies at the University of Oxford (2011-2014); Founder and President of the Institute of Philosophy and Technology (Greece). He is a Member of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies. His research interests focus on Digital Ethics, Virtue Ethics and Ancient Greek Philosophy. Main Publications Books Jorge Luis Borges and Greek Philosophy....

TITAN AI for Citizen Intelligent Coaching against Disinformation Horizon Europe  September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2025 Grant agreement ID: 101070658 Website https://www.titanthinking.eu/ Objective TITAN delivers an open, distributed and citizen engaging ecosystem which empowers the citizen itself to conduct effective and efficient investigations for understanding whether statements at hand are true. Empowerment is achieved by means of intelligent coaching on the process of investigation. AI-driven, intuitive and personalised ‘question-and-response’ interaction will set the attention of the investigating citizen on the logical interpretation and critical assessment of the implied reasoning and arguments in the statement at hand while...

Virtual Platonopolis The “Virtual Platonopolis” project is announced by the Institute of Philosophy & Technology. The Virtual Platonopolis project has been inspired by Plato’s conception of the polis and the Kallipolis as well as Plotinus’ aim to build a city of philosophers in Campania, and Emperor Julian’s similar aims to establish a Platonic city. Virtual Platonopolis will serve as a virtual world, a metaverse, for philosophers, schools, universitites and groups who wish to connect online philosophically, collaborate in research and teaching and provide a virtual space for philosophical reflection and discussion both for no specialists and scholars. Giannis...

Αγαπητές φίλες, Αγαπητοί φίλοι, Καλημέρα και καλή εβδομάδα!   Είναι μεγάλη μας χαρά και τιμή να φιλοξενούμε τον καθηγητή Robert Hahn (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) στη διαδικτυακή ομιλία Did Aristotle get the Origins of Philosophy wrong? (2 Φεβρουαρίου 2022, 20.00-21.00). Θα θέλαμε επίσης να σας ενημερώσουμε για τη συνεργασία του Ινστιτούτου με το GUST (Global Studies Center – Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait) και το CEFREPA (Centre Français de Recherche de la Péninsule Arabique) και την εναρκτήρια μας ομιλία Cyber Ethics and the Arabic Plotinus (Τρίτη, 5 Απριλίου 2022) Υπενθυμίζουμε ότι το σεμινάριο της Τεχνητής Νοημοσύνης...

Giannis Stamatellos Presocratic Ethics Applications now open!  Please apply here Description The workshop aims to offer a concise introduction to early Greek philosophical ethics. Cicero (106 – 43 BCE) emphatically stated that “Socrates was the first who brought down philosophy from heaven to earth and placed it in cities, and introduced it even in homes, and drove it to inquire about life and customs and things good and evil (Tusculan Disputations V.10). Aristotle in Metaphysics 987b2 regarded Socrates as the philosopher who wondered extensively on ‘ethical matters’. Aristotle further claimed that Socrates’ teaching focused on ‘definitions’ found not to...

IPT Webinar Spring 2022 Giannis Stamatellos Presocratic Themes Please register here The webinar aims to offers a thematic introduction to early Greek philosophy.

IPT Workshops Fall 2023 Robert King (Purdue University) Info-Power Description Application Πάνος Κανελλόπουλος (Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών) Εργαστήριο Ρητορικών Αγώνων Περιγραφή Εγγραφή Spring 2022 12 February 2022, 18.00 – 21.00 (Greece time) (Online) (Language: English) Thanassis Drivas (National Observatory of Athens) Remote Sensing Applications for Land, Agriculture and Society Description Registration 19 February 2022, 18.00 – 20.00 (Greece time) (Online) (Language: English) Giannis Stamatellos (Institute of Philosophy & Technology) Presocratic Ethics Description Registration Saturday, 07 May 2022, 18.00 – 21.00 (Greece time) (Online) (Language: English) Constantinos Athanasopoulos (The Open University) eLearning and the use of Virtual Games in teaching Philosophy...

IPT Webinars  Spring 2023 25 February – 18 March, Saturdays, 11.00-12.30 AM (Greece time) (Online) (Language: English) Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides (Macquarie University, Sydney) The Cogs of the Ideal City: A New Reading of Civic Ethics in the Platonic Corpus Description Application Summer 2022 28 May – 18 June 2022, Saturdays 18.00-20.00 (Greece time) (Online) (Language: Greek) Constantinos Athanasopoulos (The Open University) Φιλοσοφική Πρακτική Description Registration Spring 2022 28 January -18 February 2022, Fridays 20.00-22.00 (Greece time) (Online) (Language: Greek) Giannis Stamatellos (Institute of Philosophy & Technology) Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη: Φιλοσοφικές Προκλήσεις και Προοπτικές Description Registration 25 February -18 March 2022,...

Parasite: A Philosophical Exploration On the film Parasite by Bong Joon-Ho (2019) Book edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein and Giannis Stamatellos Brill 2022 “The world of parasites constitutes perhaps one of the most exciting chapters of biology because it introduces the reader into the vast field of philosophical reflections” Argentinian parasitologist Juan Jose Boero   Parasite is the highest-grossing Korean film, won four Oscars, and is the first non-English film to win an Oscar for Best Picture. It is also a philosophically very interesting film because it presents the ethico-biological problem of parasitism in an artistic and metaphorical fashion. The original concept...

President and Founders Giannis Stamatellos, Philosophy and Technology, President and Founder, gstamatellos@ipt.gr Alexandra Psaltidou, Computer Science, co-Founder and Advisor, alexpsa@ipt.gr Academic Administration and Research  Faidra Alevizou, Administrator and Researcher, falevizou@ipt.gr Academic Advisors Rosemary Wright, Classics and Philosophy rosemarywright@hotmail.co.uk Spyridon Doukakis, Educational Neuroscience sdoukakis@gmail.com Rafael Capurro, Information Ethics rafael@capurro.de Nagia Giannopoulou, Cognitive Learning gianagia@gmail.com Claudia Zatta, Ancient Greek Philosophy and Classics czatta1@gmail.com Christos Yonas, Game Design christosyonas@gmail.com Visiting Research Associates  Prashant Kumar, PhD in Philosophy, (Jawaharlal Nehru University), India, specializing in Metaontology and Metalogic, Affiliated with Delhi University, Lakshmibai College, prashantkumar@lb.du.ac.in Gabriel Martino, PhD in Philosophy (University of Buenos Aires), Comparative...