In addition, Halina says that the works of philosophy she has read the most have been those of her graduate students. I’m also a board game geek and like playing the guitar - they let me be creative and playful in ways different from doing philosophy.” Her response? “I enjoy running and hiking - they both help clear my head. I asked Marta what she does when she isn’t busy with philosophy. In addition, she has emphasized public engagement by giving public lectures on AI and animal cognition, and giving media interviews on her work. In 2016, she was part of the Women’s Caucus Prize Symposium. Marta has traveled widely to present her work. I think it's important that philosophers play a role in guiding the future of science and technology.” Says Halina, “I'm excited about these projects because they have the potential to steer scientific and technological thought and practices in new directions. The second is about the Animal AI Olympics, which she co-organizes, and which will test the abilities of AI to complete tasks previously performed by animal subjects. This year she has two papers in Nature, one on the use of human psychologistic terms in AI. Marta has published on topics ranging from ape pointing and gestures, to mechanisms, to null hypotheses in statistical testing, to animal mind-reading.
After completing her PhD, Marta did the McDonnell Postdoc in the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program at WashU St. During this time, she was awarded a Fulbright at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Afterwards, she moved to UC San Diego philosophy, writing her dissertation with Bill Bechtel and Nancy Cartwright. Marta graduated Summa Cum Laude from University of Minnesota, where she was awarded both a BA in Philosophy and a BS in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. She is currently Program Director for the Leverhume Center for the Future of Intelligence, and is a Fellow of Selwyn College. Marta is a philosopher of biology and a philosopher of cognitive science, whose research focuses on animal cognition and mechanistic explanation in biology. Marta Halina is University Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Highlighted Philosop-Her of Science: Marta Halina Please contact Morgan Thompson at if you would like to be interviewed. We would like to hear from you about the best future directions for the PSA Women's Caucus, even if you are not currently a member. In order to propose concrete policies, we are conducting interviews to gather views from both current PSA members and potential PSA members. At the most recent meeting of the PSA Women's Caucus, members raised possible future directions for the caucus including: being more intersectional maintaining a women-focused space broadening the mission and name to include members of other marginalized groups. The Inclusivity and Future of the Women's Caucus Project seeks to understand the current and future role of the Women's Caucus within the Philosophy of Science Association.
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