Writing and thinking with AI

The ArgLab Open Seminar heartily invites everyone to a talk by Gloria Andrada (IFS, CSIC).

Abstract

In this talk, I examine writing with large language models (LLMs) as an emerging cognitive practice, drawing on Menary’s (2007, 2012, 2018) account of cognitive practices. I explore how this new, culturally situated pattern of activity may transform human cognition, focusing particularly on metacognition and the relationship between writing and thinking. I consider how writing with LLMs may reshape the cognitive processes involved in producing, developing, and evaluating our own ideas. Finally, I examine how the current design of LLMs shapes these processes and explore how alternative technological configurations might give rise to different trajectories of cognitive transformation.

References
Andrada and Menary (in press). Cognitive injustice in extended minds. In R. Rupert, T. Schlicht & K. Harris (Eds.), The future of the extended mind. Oxford University Press.
Menary, R. (2007). Cognitive Integration: Mind and Cognition Unbounded. Palgrave Macmillan.
Menary, R. (2012). Cognitive character and cognitive practices. Philosophical Explorations, 15(2), 147–164.
Menary, R. (2018). How culture transforms cognition. In A. Newen, L. de Bruin & S. Gallagher (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of 4E Cognition. Oxford University Press.

Everybody is welcome!

This seminar series is organised by Pedro Abreu. It gives researchers a platform to discuss work in progress and current problems in philosophy. For administrative inquiries, please contact pedroabreu@fcsh.unl.pt.