Dr. Şerife Tekin

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics

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“Why is Lived Experience Inclusion Essential to Mental Healthcare? Philosophers Weigh In,” Mad in America, by Samantha Lily and Ally...
“Does experiencing something from the first-person perspective generate new knowledge? This question has been debated in philosophy of mind, cognitive
“The Ghost and the Machine: Will AI therapists ever master the mysteries of human consciousness? As stretched mental health services...
In 2018 Serife Tekin, an associate professor at the State University of New York who specialises in the philosophy of
Medium article: “Can AI Replace Therapy: Hey Pi is the Conversational Chatbot that Works,” by Ginger Liu
“Can AI Replace Therapy: Hey Pi is the Conversational Chatbot that Works,” Medium, by Ginger Liu. July 19, 2023: https://medium.com/technology-hits/how-pi-ai-replaced-my-therapist-72c21eca6f85
“Meet ChatPal, the European Bot Against Loneliness,” Algorithm Watch, by Nathalie Koubayová
“Chatbot is very intrinsically, I think, a western concept because it kind of assumes that everyone who feels depressed or
Interviewed by Metro, UK: “Can an AI bot become your friend?”
‘It would be wrong to overstate its capacities for responding to human challenges such as curbing loneliness, or supporting mental
Most Read Blog Post for 2023: “Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry”
Tekin, Ş. 2023. Participatory Interactive Objectivity in Psychiatry. Imperfect Cognitions: Blog on delusional beliefs, distorted memories, confabulatory explanations, unrealistically optimistic
Interviewed by NPR: “Therapy by chatbot? The promise and challenges in using AI for mental health”
"The hype and promise is way ahead of the research that shows its effectiveness," says Serife Tekin “Therapy by chatbot? The
“Possibly the first university philosophy course taught entirely in the metaverse: “Philosophy of Space Exploration, team taught by Serife Tekin...
"My biggest challenge is to get rid of their fears around science or space knowledge," Tekin said. "They always think
Interviewed for SA Express News: “UTSA students are considering the philosophy of space exploration – in the metaverse – and...
“When you look at the history of philosophy, you will see that it was the mother discipline that had the
Interviewed for La Prensa Texas: “Professor Serife Tekin – Director of Medical Humanities Program at UTSA and Why It’s Important...
“we form a circle of involvement with one another and teach each other to be open-minded about each other’s opinions
Interviewed for UTSA Today article: “Medical Humanities Program offers diversifying career paths for UTSA students”
“The goal of internationalizing UTSA’s Medical Humanities program is to expose students to a variety of health situations and enhance
Interviewed for the Paisano: “New Grant Will Help Internationalize the Medical Humanities Program”
“I want to have as much face time with students as I can and I want faculty to also have

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