NLA University College · Oslo
Dr. Åke Elden
Investigating the philosophical and theological conditions of human judgment, responsibility, and formation in the age of AI.
Rather than asking what artificial intelligence can do, my research examines the background conditions that make distinctly human capacities possible — and what happens when technological systems relocate, conceal, or reshape those conditions.
Guiding question
“Which human capacities are presupposed, transformed, or concealed when artificial intelligence becomes part of institutional and personal decision-making?”
Research areas
- Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
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- Philosophy of Technology
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- Theological Anthropology
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- Ethics
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- Epistemology
Research themes
Four intersecting lines of inquiry
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
- — Judgment and answerability
- — Institutional agency
- — Human–AI responsibility
- — Normative legitimacy
Epistemology & Philosophy of Science
- — Epistemic infrastructure
- — Inferential license
- — Scientific methodology for AI
- — Explanation and justification
Theological Anthropology
- — Human formation
- — Creaturehood
- — Discernment
- — Kenosis
Digital Society
- — Algorithmic governance
- — Predictive systems
- — Moral agency
- — Institutional trust