Mirko Farina
Biographic Data
| ID | 233387 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mirko Farina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mirko |
| FAMILY NAME | Farina |
| SIGNATURE | FARINA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Innopolis University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8342-6549 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 26 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Neuromorphic Computing and Extended Memory
Automated Warfare and Civilian Harm
Minds of their own? Decoding free will in large language models
Generative AI as a Knowledge Distribution System
The Rise of Quantum Computing
In Section “Introduction” we introduce the concept of quantum computing [QC]; in essence, the attempt to solve very complex computational problems characterized by numerous variables interacting simultaneously by using quantum mechanical effects (such as superposition and quantum interference). In Section “Applications of QC”, we summarise some applications of QC developed to date and discuss some of the benefits that this technology may bring ab…
Expertise
Smart Environments
This paper proposes epistemic environmentalism as a novel framework for accounting for the contribution of the environment – broadly construed – to epistemic standings and which can be used to improve or protect epistemic environments. The contribution of the environment to epistemic standings is explained through recent developments in epistemology and cognitive science, including embodied cognition, embedded cognition, extended cognition and di…
AI and society
Machine learning in human creativity
The Costs and Perils of Weaponizing Consumer Technologies (The 2024 Pager and Walkie-Talkie Explosions in Lebanon and Syria)
On 17 September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by civilians, an unspecified portion of which belonged to militants of the political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon exploded simultaneously, killing dozens of users (including innocent children), maiming thousands, and creating chaos and panic in the streets.1 The attack was repeated across Lebanon the day after, on 18 September 2024, and allegedly invo…
Philosophy, Expertise, and the Myth of Neutrality
The pandemic has offered to many the jarring experience that one’s epistemic peers, whom we had previously perceived as very similar, may come to wholly different views about numerous aspects of the pandemic – from its severity to the efficacy of lockdowns or the safety of vaccines. This chapter considers how and why conditions of radical uncertainty, which characterised much of our experience during the pandemic, afford such divergence. It is ar…
Machine Learning in Society
The ‘NeuroGate’
Towards a mixed human-machine creativity
Distributed embodiment of the Persian term dæqi
Leveraging autonomous weapon systems
The Roles of Gestural and Symbolic Schematizations in Inhibition as a Component of Executive Functions
Categorizing Phenotypic Plasticity
Epistemic Responsibility, Rights and Duties During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We start by introducing the idea of echo chambers. Echo chambers are social and epistemic structures in which opinions, leanings, or beliefs about certain topics are amplified and reinforced due to repeated interactions within a closed system; that is, within a system that has a rather homogeneous sample of sources or people, which all share the same attitudes towards the topics in question. Echo chambers are a particularly dangerous phenomena be…
Why There Are Still Moral Reasons to Prefer Extended over Embedded
Incorporation, Transparency and Cognitive Extension
Mind embedded or extended
The meaning of Freedom after Covid-19
Experts, naturalism, and democracy
Experts often play a fundamental role in decision‐making processes. They are the bearers of an epistemic authority, which is primarily grounded on what we may call scientific naturalism. The main tenets of this view can clash though with other values characterising our pluralist societies. This may lead to conflicts but also to a devaluation or to a rejection of the sort of knowledge and advise offered by experts. In this paper we propose a new a…
The Role of Experts in the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Limits of Their Epistemic Authority in Democracy
In the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, medical experts (virologists, epidemiologists, public health scholars, and statisticians alike) have become instrumental in suggesting policies to counteract the spread of coronavirus. Given the dangerousness and the extent of the contagion, almost no one has questioned the suggestions that these experts have advised policymakers to implement. Quite often the latter explicitly sought experts' advice and justified un…
Mind embedded or extended
The Roles of Gestural and Symbolic Schematizations in Inhibition as a Component of Executive Functions
Three Approaches to Human Cognitive Development
In Section 1, I introduce three views that explain human cognitive development from different standpoints: Marcus’s neo-nativism, standard neuroconstructivism, and neo-neuroconstructivism. In Section 2, I assess Marcus’s attempt to reconcile nativism with developmental flexibility. In Section 3, I argue that in structurally reconfiguring nativism, Marcus ends up transforming it into an unrecognizable form, and I claim that his view (neo-nativism)…
Leveraging autonomous weapon systems
Experts, naturalism, and democracy
Experts often play a fundamental role in decision‐making processes. They are the bearers of an epistemic authority, which is primarily grounded on what we may call scientific naturalism. The main tenets of this view can clash though with other values characterising our pluralist societies. This may lead to conflicts but also to a devaluation or to a rejection of the sort of knowledge and advise offered by experts. In this paper we propose a new a…
Three Approaches to Human Cognitive Development
In Section 1, I introduce three views that explain human cognitive development from different standpoints: Marcus’s neo-nativism, standard neuroconstructivism, and neo-neuroconstructivism. In Section 2, I assess Marcus’s attempt to reconcile nativism with developmental flexibility. In Section 3, I argue that in structurally reconfiguring nativism, Marcus ends up transforming it into an unrecognizable form, and I claim that his view (neo-nativism)…
The Role of Experts in the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Limits of Their Epistemic Authority in Democracy
In the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, medical experts (virologists, epidemiologists, public health scholars, and statisticians alike) have become instrumental in suggesting policies to counteract the spread of coronavirus. Given the dangerousness and the extent of the contagion, almost no one has questioned the suggestions that these experts have advised policymakers to implement. Quite often the latter explicitly sought experts' advice and justified un…
Lessons From Italy's and Sweden's Policies in Fighting Covid-19
We start (section The COVID-19 Pandemic and Italy's Response to It) by focusing on Italy's "tough" response to COVID-19 pandemic, which included total lockdown with very limited possibility of movement for over 60 million individuals. We analyse (section Sweden's Softer Approach) Sweden's softer approach, which is based on relatively lax measures and tends to safeguard fundamental constitutional rights. We problematise (section General Disagreeme…
The meaning of Freedom after Covid-19
Experts, naturalism, and democracy
Experts often play a fundamental role in decision‐making processes. They are the bearers of an epistemic authority, which is primarily grounded on what we may call scientific naturalism. The main tenets of this view can clash though with other values characterising our pluralist societies. This may lead to conflicts but also to a devaluation or to a rejection of the sort of knowledge and advise offered by experts. In this paper we propose a new a…
Categorizing Phenotypic Plasticity
Epistemic Responsibility, Rights and Duties During the Covid-19 Pandemic
We start by introducing the idea of echo chambers. Echo chambers are social and epistemic structures in which opinions, leanings, or beliefs about certain topics are amplified and reinforced due to repeated interactions within a closed system; that is, within a system that has a rather homogeneous sample of sources or people, which all share the same attitudes towards the topics in question. Echo chambers are a particularly dangerous phenomena be…
Why There Are Still Moral Reasons to Prefer Extended over Embedded
Incorporation, Transparency and Cognitive Extension
Mind embedded or extended
Leveraging autonomous weapon systems
The Roles of Gestural and Symbolic Schematizations in Inhibition as a Component of Executive Functions
Expertise
Smart Environments
This paper proposes epistemic environmentalism as a novel framework for accounting for the contribution of the environment – broadly construed – to epistemic standings and which can be used to improve or protect epistemic environments. The contribution of the environment to epistemic standings is explained through recent developments in epistemology and cognitive science, including embodied cognition, embedded cognition, extended cognition and di…
AI and society
Machine learning in human creativity
The Costs and Perils of Weaponizing Consumer Technologies (The 2024 Pager and Walkie-Talkie Explosions in Lebanon and Syria)
On 17 September 2024, thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by civilians, an unspecified portion of which belonged to militants of the political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah in Syria and Lebanon exploded simultaneously, killing dozens of users (including innocent children), maiming thousands, and creating chaos and panic in the streets.1 The attack was repeated across Lebanon the day after, on 18 September 2024, and allegedly invo…
Philosophy, Expertise, and the Myth of Neutrality
The pandemic has offered to many the jarring experience that one’s epistemic peers, whom we had previously perceived as very similar, may come to wholly different views about numerous aspects of the pandemic – from its severity to the efficacy of lockdowns or the safety of vaccines. This chapter considers how and why conditions of radical uncertainty, which characterised much of our experience during the pandemic, afford such divergence. It is ar…
Machine Learning in Society
The ‘NeuroGate’
Towards a mixed human-machine creativity
Distributed embodiment of the Persian term dæqi
Neuromorphic Computing and Extended Memory
Automated Warfare and Civilian Harm
Minds of their own? Decoding free will in large language models
Epistemology (16 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Philosophy (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Philosophy of science (9 works) · Embodied and Extended Cognition (7 works) · Politics (7 works)