Polaris Koi
polaris.koi@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6152-2230 |
Areas of expertise
self-control, philosophy of behavioral and brain sciences, medical ethics, philosophy of action, neurodiversity, AI
self-control, philosophy of behavioral and brain sciences, medical ethics, philosophy of action, neurodiversity, AI
Biography
I am assistant professor of practical philosophy. I am PI of the Agency as Experience and Capacity project, and also involved in the STN Climate-Nudge project. My research is centred on how biological causation situated in rich social environments fundamentally shapes our basic agentive processes of decision-making and control.
Research
Teaching
I teach in ethics, philosophy of AI, and associated topics.
Publications
- Willpower as a Metaphor (2024) Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility Volume 8 Polaris, Koi
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Accessing Self-Control (2023)
- Erkenntnis
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Beyond Robot Therapy: Embodied AI, Mental Healthcare, and Value Sensitive Design (2023)
- Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Demarcation, instantiation, and individual traits: Realist social ontology for mental disorders (2022)
- Philosophical Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Self-control modulates information salience (2022)
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The Ethics of Climate Nudges: Central Issues for Applying Choice Architecture Interventions to Climate Policy (2022)
- European journal of risk regulation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Toward Informed User Decisions About Pharmacological Cognitive Enhancement (2022)
- Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An Access theory of self-control: Essays on self-control, ADHD, and stimulant medication (2021) Koi Polaris
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Genetics on the neurodiversity spectrum: Genetic, phenotypic and endophenotypic continua in autism and ADHD (2021)
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Born which Way? ADHD, Situational Self-Control, and Responsibility (2020)
- Neuroethics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Behaving: what's genetic, what's not, and why should we care? (Book Review) (2019)
- Philosophical Psychology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Koneoppimisalgoritmit mahdollistavat jo ihmisen parantelun (2019)
- Acta Philosophica Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Human Enhancement for Freedom (2018) 1984 and Philosophy - Is Resistance Futile? Polaris Koi
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Review - In Praise of Desire
by Nomy Arpaly, Oxford University Press, 2014 (2018)- Metapsychology Online Reviews
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Self-Control in Responsibility Enhancement and Criminal Rehabilitation (2018)
- Criminal Law and Philosophy
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mahdolliset ja mahdottomat poliittiset järjestelyt (2016) Mahdollisuus Juha Räikkä, Polaris Koi
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
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