Carlos Barth

I’m a philosopher of mind, AI and cognitive sciences. Currently I’m a post-doc researcher at FAJE (Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy and Theology) in Brazil. I hold a MA and a PhD in Philosophy of Cognition and Artificial Intelligence from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).

My current research interests are philosophy of mind, science (particularly AI and cognitive sciences), epistemology, computation and ethics (specially privacy and AI). More specifically, I've been researching the frame problem for a few years, and I regard it as deeply connected to ontological issues (the right ontology(ies?) is(are) necessary, yet not sufficient to handle it).

Before digging into philosophy, I was a software developer and server administrator (working mostly with infosec) for about 17 years. Nowadays, I remain active as a FOSS enthusiast who loves contributing open-source projects with both code, beta testing and feedback.