Dr. Thomas J. Brommage, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology and Philosophy
Sam Houston State University
Recent News:
10.01.2023: The program for this year's AILACT session at the APA-Central (New Orleans, LA) is confirmed. The session will be on Friday, February 23 from 7-10 PM. The topic is on "Artificial Intelligence and Critical Reasoning" .
Chair:
Thomas Brommage (Sam Houston State University)
Speakers:
Michael B. Horton (Harper College), "Beating LLMs at Our Own Game"
Deivide Garcia da S. Oliveira (Federal University of Reconcavo of Bahia), "How Feyerabend's Philosophy is Relevant for Fostering Critical Thinking in an AI-Driven World"
João Carlos Salles (Federal University of Bahia), "The Dialogue's Context: Lessons from Charles L. Hamblin on Critical Thinking and Artificial Intelligence"
08.31.23: My satrirical essay (parodying methodological shortcomings in historical research) "How to Read Wittgenstein as x: An Exercise in Selective Interpretation" is now out in The Philosophy of Humor Yearbook.
08.01.23: I'm excited to announce that I've been invited to comment on Drew Chastain's essay "`I’m Only Human`: Self-Referential Humor and Meaningful Living" at this year's Lighthearted Philosophers Society meeting this November
10.31.22: The program for this year's AILACT session at the APA-Central is confirmed. The session will be on Friday, February 24 from 7-10 PM. The topic is on "Logic Diagrams."
Chair:
Thomas Brommage (Sam Houston State University)
Speakers:
Ava Thomas Wright (California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo): "Context Relevance in Debate Mapping"
Marcos Bautista López Aznar (University of Seville): "Marlo Diagrams: An Improved Version of the Quantification of the Predicate"
Nicholas A. J. Birmingham (University of Western Ontario): "Interlacing the Icon and Intuition in Diagrammatic Thought"
08.10.22: I will be presenting a paper entitled “Fantasy, Nonsense and Humor: The Logic of Wonderland” at the Lighthearted Philosophers' Society conference in Greensboro, NC in October. 2022.
10.15.21: I will be presenting part of my recent recearch project on Lewis Carroll's logic at the AILACT session at the Pacific APA in Vancouver, BC in April 2022. (The session is on Apr 14, 2022 at 06:00 PM Pacific Time.)
