Lecturer in Philosophy
I am a philosopher who specializes in the ethics of technology, the philosophy of art, and the phenomenology of time. My current research focuses on the ethical, social, and phenomenological intersections of XR (extended reality) and AI technologies, and on the ethical dimensions of “synthetic phenomenologies.” I recently defended my dissertation, titled “The Phenomenology of Temporality and the Technologies of Art” at Boston University and organized session of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers Teaching Hub at the 2023 Eastern APA titled “Teaching Narratives & Narrative Teaching.”
Website: https://jdkokot.com/
Recent/Upcoming Presentations & Research
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Modernism, Virtue, & Technology (Keynote at The Politics of Modernism & Beyond Graduate Symposium, UC Davis, 2023)
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Shifting Between Worlds: XR, the Metaverse, and & Normative Zones of Experience (SPEP Version, TA&M, Oct. 2022 / IACAP Version, Santa Clara, June 2022)
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Hyper-Reality: XR, Agency, & the Gaps Between Worlds (Invited Talk at The Prindle Ethics Institute at DePauw University, June 2022)
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Synthetic Phenomenology & the Ethical Status of AI (Ethical Issues in AI & Computing Conference, Harvard/MIT, June 2022)
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(Co)existing Between Worlds: Liminality, Affordances, & the Virtuality of the “Outer Wilds” (Digital Worlds Workshop, UTRGV, April 2022)
Recent/Upcoming Classes & Pedagogy
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Teaching Narratives & Narrative Teaching Workshop (AAPT Teaching Hub, APA Eastern 2023)
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Tech Ethics—Computers, Biotech, & Human Nature (Brandeis, 2022) website / syllabus
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Deliberative Justice (Harvard Extension, 2022) website / syllabus
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Ethical Theory (Boston University / Brandeis, 2022/23) website / syllabus
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The Philosophy of Film (Boston University, 2022) syllabus
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Virtual Realty: The Ethics of Future Technology (Tufts, 2021) syllabus
Resources for Students
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Brandeis Philosophy Writing Workshop, Fall 2022