Most of us met HAL 9000 as the lead character in Stanley Kubrick's film "2001, A Space Odyssey", which was based on Arthur Clarke's screenplay and short stories. HAL, a Heuristically Programmed Algorithmic Computer –a sophisticated form of Artificial Intelligence (AI)– decides to kill the spaceship crew and gain control of the spaceship in which it was stationed, in order to ensure the success of its mission, when it realized it was under threat.

Philosophy and Neurosciences, Dasein Lab Workshop, April 2011, Athens, Greece. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.21334.70727

In my paper I present the convergence of Heideggerian theory and Cognitive Neurosciences and at the same time I attempt to formulate a hypothesis for the naturalistic foundation of meaning, as a property of human intelligence.

Philosophia -  Annual Journal of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy of the Academy of Athens, v.41, pp 319-321, 2011. ISSN 1105-2120

In my thesis I attempt, on one hand, to classify certain basic problems of the philosophy of mind (as intentionality, the mind - body problem, qualia and the subjective experience of the world), while on the other hand, I am trying to formulate a hypothesis for the naturalistic foundation of human mind and intelligence.

According to Sartre, people experience a constant state of existential anxiety, because being "condemned" to freely define our own purpose, at every moment of our lives we must make choices that ultimately determine who we are.

Dasein Lab Workshop, 2010

An introduction to Heideggerian Artificial Intelligence on the occasion of the translation in Greek of the proposal by Hubert Dreyfus (2007): “Why Heideggerian AI failed and how fixing it would require making it more Heideggerian”.

Translation in Greek by Alkis Gounaris

Translation in Greek by Alkis Gounaris

Translation in Greek by Alkis Gounaris

Τhis paper summarizes the main points of Heideggerian ontology which is associated with human beings, nature, technology and the relationship between them, as well as their ethical implications.

This paper describes the problem of considering the Heideggerian theory of Dasein and Being-in-the-world as a framework of modern environmental ideologies and movements. 

Full text in Greek only.

This essay examines the problem of terrorism, particularly the phenomenon of terrorism in Western democracies. The objectives of this paper is to approach: (a) the concept of terrorism and the moral dimension of the problem, (b) the difference in the nature of armed violence in totalitarian and democratic regimes, (c) the moral impact of these operations, especially within the Greek experience.

Continuing the attempt to define the concept of absolute value in the Lecture on Ethics, this article explores the possibly influence of - the art and literature theorist - Paul Ernst, the writings of whom Wittgenstein was reading at the time.

This essay summarizes the main points of Wittgenstein’s lecture on ethics and examines whether and how the lecture reflects the Tractatus. It also investigates and analyzes the possible logical errors that has been accused for, especially the notion of judgments of absolute value. Finally, is presenting the argument between two modern Greek analysts of the text.