Self-knowledge for humans and artificial systems [the proposed summer institute will enable participants to develop theoretical and methodological resources for successfully teaching and conducting…

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the University of California, Berkeley $198,512 on January 1, 2026, through the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to support a summer institute on self-knowledge for humans and artificial systems.

The institute will enable participants to develop theoretical and methodological resources for teaching and conducting original research in cross-cultural philosophy of mind. The program focuses on self-knowledge as a core theme in philosophy, cognitive science, and ethics, examining its role in moral agency and decision-making, its relationship to mental cultivation, and its assumed presence in artificial systems.

Performance spans from January 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, in California. The Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program supports professional development opportunities designed for a national audience of K-12 educators or higher education faculty, offering one- to four-week programs to explore topics relevant to humanities teaching.

Self-knowledge for humans and artificial systems [the proposed summer institute will enable participants to develop theoretical and methodological resources for successfully teaching and conducting original research in cross-cultural philosophy of mind, a highly interdisciplinary field that builds on research in several disciplines. The focus will be on self-knowledge, a core theme in philosophy, cognitive science, and ethics that concerns its role in moral agency and decision-making, its relationship to mental cultivation, and especially its assumed presence in artificial systems.]