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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Sep 2

My book "Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic" is now available as a paperback -- and for a much cheaper price!

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Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wondering what to do with your cutting-edge research on epistemic agency and AI? Well, submit it to the Synthese Topical Collection I am editing with Stefan Buijsman and Giorgia Pozzi!

Deadilne Feb 1 2026.

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Epistemic Agency in the Age of AI

The use of opaque AI systems complicates our epistemic agency, broadly understood as the ability to form and revise beliefs, share information and knowledge, ...

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Apr 15

I like this review of my book by Eric Snyder a lot. It's at times very critical -- and I don't always agree with the criticism -- but ultimately in a constructive way, pointing out ways forward. Isn't that what academic philosophy should be all about?

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Critical Studies/Book Reviews

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009468862.

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Mar 18

The first review of my book "Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic" is out, by Valeria Giardino in the Journal of Numerical Cognition. It's a pretty good one!

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Mar 11

Check this out, it includes my first football article in English, about Alemannia Aachen and German football.

The Blizzard @theblizzard.bsky.social · Mar 5

Issue 56 of The Blizzard, edited as ever by @jonawils.bsky.social, is out now, jam-packed with excellent football writing from @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @chrislepkowski.bsky.social, @stuartroyclarke.bsky.social, @rogerdom1.bsky.social and more.

More here 👇
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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Feb 3

The final part of my early-2025 trilogy of AI papers is now out in AI and Ethics:

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The need for ethical guidelines in mathematical research in the time of generative AI - AI and Ethics

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications based on large language models have not enjoyed much success in symbolic processing and reasoning tasks, thus making them of little use in mathemat...

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Jan 29

A new philosophy of AI paper out in Topoi, it is part of the very interesting collection "Meaning and Understanding via Proofs". This one is also open access.

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How to Recognize Artificial Mathematical Intelligence in Theorem Proving - Topoi

One key question in the philosophy of artificial intelligence (AI) concerns how we can recognize artificial systems as intelligent. To make the general question more manageable, I focus on a particula...

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Regina Fabry @reginafabry.bsky.social · Jan 20

The workshop is titled "Epistemic Agency in the Age of AI: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Speakers include Stefan Buijsman, @marilynstendera.bsky.social, @markuspantsar.bsky.social, Inês Hipólito, and Anni Sandrussi. 2/3

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Jan 14

My new paper "Intelligence is not deception: from the Turing test to community-based ascriptions" is out in AI & Society, open access of course:

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Intelligence is not deception: from the Turing test to community-based ascriptions - AI & SOCIETY

The Turing test has a peculiar status in the artificial intelligence (AI) research community. On the one hand, it is presented as an important topic in virtually every AI textbook, and the research di...

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Dec 12

In the new "clean" FIFA, voting doesn't need to be rigged. They just rig the application process so that there's only one candidate to vote for. It's a much more efficient and reliable mode of corruption. #fifa #worldcup #football

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2034 Fifa World Cup: Saudi Arabia confirmed as tournament hosts

Fifa confirms the 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, while Spain, Portugal and Morocco will serve as joint hosts for the 2030 tournament.

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Dec 9

A key idea in early AI research, revisited. Fascinating stuff!

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Dec 6

Full paper:

van Rooij, I., Guest, O., Adolfi, F. et al. Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science. Comput Brain Behav (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s421...

Reclaiming AI as a Theoretical Tool for Cognitive Science - Computational Brain & Behavior

The idea that human cognition is, or can be understood as, a form of computation is a useful conceptual tool for cognitive science. It was a foundational assumption during the birth of cognitive scien...

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Dec 6

Don't get fooled by views like this, it's another case of creating polarization that's just not there. Carefully considered AI skepticism is badly needed, including sober analyses like those by Marcus. But pieces like this make AI skeptics sound like uninformed Luddites.

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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · Dec 6

One of the most important debates in tech right now is the group of folks who think AI is fake and sucks vs. the people who think AI is real and dangerous. I wrote about why I'm in the latter camp, and talked about my differences with Gary Marcus www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-...

Most people know these systems are flaws, and adjust their expectations and usage accordingly. The “AI is fake and sucks” crowd is hyper-fixated on the things it can’t do — count the number of r’s in strawberry, figure out that the Onion was joking when it told us to eat rocks — and weirdly uninterested in the things it can.

And that’s a problem, because just as these systems are more honest and helpful than they have ever been, they are also causing greater harm. And to name a real harm, already happening today, I offer the chief security officer of Amazon, CJ Moses, who had this to say about how generative AI is being used in efforts to disrupt critical infrastructure in an interview with the Wall Street Journal last month:

We’re seeing billions of attempts coming our way. On average, we’re seeing 750 million attempts per day. Previously, we’d see about 100 million hits per day, and that number has grown to 750 million over six or seven months.
This is the ongoing blind spot of the “AI is fake and sucks” crowd. This is the problem with telling people over and over again that it’s all a big bubble about to pop. They’re staring at the floor of AI’s current abilities, while each day the actual practitioners are successfully raising the ceiling.

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Dec 6

Happy Independence Day to Finland! Following the Finnish media and discussion on social media, one could get the impression that the country is in terrible shape. But while there are reasons to be cautious, and some of the recent political developments are worrying, there's still a lot to celebrate!

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Dec 3

Jalkapallosta ja Saksasta kiinnostuneille toinen häpeilemätön mainos:

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Kun rakastuin saksalaiseen jalkapalloon

Muutin Saksaan ja rakastuin saksalaiseen jalkapalloon. Matkustin ympäri maata pelejä katsomaan ja puhuin ihmisille. Kaikki selvittivät mielellään paikallisen jalkapallon olemusta. Kun aloin ymmärtää m...

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Markus Pantsar @markuspantsar.bsky.social · Dec 3

"...I had to start it somewhere, so it started there".

For my first BlueSky post, let me shamelessly advertise my book "Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic".

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Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic

Cambridge Core - Mathematics (general) - Numerical Cognition and the Epistemology of Arithmetic

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