I have a B.A. degree in philosophy and I began a PhD in philosophy at Stanford. I became interested in Artificial Intelligence and computer science at Stanford and made my career in that field doing both R&D for organizations such as DARPA and development of large scale systems for corporate clients. About 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and had to stop the kind of high pressure work I was doing. I've gone back to school and have been studying psychology and philosophy although my paradigm for philosophy is different than the analytic philosophy followed in most US and UK universities. I'm most influenced by Noam Chomsky …
I have a B.A. degree in philosophy and I began a PhD in philosophy at Stanford. I became interested in Artificial Intelligence and computer science at Stanford and made my career in that field doing both R&D for organizations such as DARPA and development of large scale systems for corporate clients. About 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and had to stop the kind of high pressure work I was doing. I've gone back to school and have been studying psychology and philosophy although my paradigm for philosophy is different than the analytic philosophy followed in most US and UK universities. I'm most influenced by Noam Chomsky and like Chomsky (as well as the majority of great philosophers of the past from Socrates through Hume, Leibniz, Kant, etc.) I don't see any major distinction between science and philosophy. Philosophy for me is just asking questions that are currently very difficult and/or that span multiple disciplines. I've been focusing on questions regarding moral values and have been also reading extensively in game theory and biology to understand the biological basis for human moral intuitions.
