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Short Biography
Nadine obtained her bachelor degree in Arts and Culture at the university of Maastricht,
which included an exchange to the University of Vienna. It was during this exchange
that she discovered a liking for philosophy of mind, specifically relating to artificial
intelligence and animal cognition. This interest was pursued further during her masters in
philosophy at the university of Bern, where she wrote her master thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Claus Beisbart. The topic of this was the value of borderline cases, comparing the literature on concept possession and attribution in AI and nonhuman animals, arguing for the application of animal frameworks to artificial systems.
Research interests
Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Comparative Cognition, Philosophy of Animal Minds, Artificial Intelligence
PhD project
Nadine is writing her PhD as part of a project looking at emergent awareness from minimal
collectives (EMERGE). Central to her research is the formulation of a philosophical
framework of collaborative awareness that can be applied to a variety of robots and AI
systems.