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Bryan R. Weaver

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Bryan R. Weaver

CEHV Steering Committee; Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

weaver.877@osu.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Normativity
  • Ethics
  • Technology

Bryan R. Weaver is a philosopher and conceptual engineer based in the Computer Science and Engineering Department, where he teaches ethics. He works on the theory and practice of normativity, with an emphasis on technology, especially artificial intelligence.

Weaver book, Semantics for Reasons

Bryan's publications include the monograph Semantics for Reasons. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy in 2012 from the University of Reading, where from 2009-2010, he was a Jacobsen Fellow with the Royal Institute of Philosophy. At OSU, from 2016-2018, Bryan was a recipient of a Battelle Engineering, Technology, and Human Affairs Grant. He is also a Faculty Affiliate in the Responsible Data Science Community of Practice in the Translational Data Analytics Institute.