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    Predictive policing and algorithmic fairness

    This paper examines racial discrimination and algorithmic bias in predictive policing algorithms (PPAs), an emerging technology designed to predict threats and suggest solutions in law enforcement. We first descr...

    Tzu-Wei Hung, Chun-** Yen in Synthese (2023)

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    Anglo-American philosophy in Taiwan: a centennial review

    This article systematically surveys the history of Anglo-American philosophy in Taiwan since the late nineteenth century. Contrary to conventional wisdom, it argues that (i) pragmatism remained influential giv...

    Tzu-Wei Hung in Asian Journal of Philosophy (2022)

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    Engineering Equity: How AI Can Help Reduce the Harm of Implicit Bias

    This paper focuses on the potential of “equitech”—AI technology that improves equity. Recently, interventions have been developed to reduce the harm of implicit bias, the automatic form of stereotype or prejud...

    Ying-Tung Lin, Tzu-Wei Hung, Linus Ta-Lun Huang in Philosophy & Technology (2021)

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    Achieving Equity with Predictive Policing Algorithms: A Social Safety Net Perspective

    Whereas using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict natural hazards is promising, applying a predictive policing algorithm (PPA) to predict human threats to others continues to be debated. Whereas PPAs were ...

    Chun-** Yen, Tzu-Wei Hung in Science and Engineering Ethics (2021)

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    How Did Language Evolve? Some Reflections on the Language Parasite Debate

    The language parasite approach (LPA) refers to the view that language, like a parasite, is an adaptive system that evolves to fit its human hosts. Supported by recent computer simulations, LPA proponents claim...

    Tzu-wei Hung in Biological Theory (2019)

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    New Data on the Linguistic Diversity of Authorship in Philosophy Journals

    This paper investigates the representation of authors with different linguistic backgrounds in academic publishing. We first review some common rebuttals of concerns about linguistic injustice. We then analyze...

    Chun-** Yen, Tzu-Wei Hung in Erkenntnis (2019)

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    What Action Comprehension Tells Us About Meaning Interpretation

    This chapter defends the view that the functional mechanisms underlying the capacity of understanding the means-end structure in action are necessary and in some cases sufficient for the capacity of understand...

    Tzu-Wei Hung in Communicative Action (2014)