Philosophy of Data and Digital Society Tilburg University

Overview

Explore distinct philosophical questions that emerge in a digitalized society, such as:

• ethical and political questions related to the design and implementation of digital technologies, the collection and commodification of data, and the impact of digitalization on social justice;
• question related to the nature of data and artificial intelligence, and the value of public data literacy;
• questions related to human nature, intelligence, emotion, and meaning as well as our relation to culture, environment, and social life.

• the relation between data and evidence; and responsibility, transparency and trust when using algorithms in decision making;
• the internet’s potential to democratize knowledge and, on the other hand, undermine trust online;
• digitalization’s impact on work, employment, care and friendship;
• the impact of emerging cyber-physical systems on the cores of human existence and the values of solidarity, equality and freedom.

Career prospects

Upon graduation from this track, you will have obtained a MA in Philosophy, specializing in Philosophy of Data and Digital Society . You are equipped to provide plausible answers to fundamental questions about the many facets of digitalized human societies and to (co)shape a morally acceptable digital social world.

Tilburg University 's Philosophy of Data and Digital Society programme will teach you more about this.

Your ability to assess the potential outcomes of new digital developments and to help decide which path to take is valuable for jobs in a variety of domains, such as the political-administrative domain, business, health and well-being, media, information and communication, research, and education.

Graduates work or start for example as:

• AI ethicist at Google, Facebook, etc.
• Consultant at an IT company
• Researcher at the Rathenau Institute
• Employee at a privacy protection agency
• Ph.D. in Philosophy