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Jörg Volbers

A professional philosopher doing tech stuff

Certified Computer Nerd #

As a computer enthusiast, I’m doing data science, data analytics and programming. I attended the Spiced Data Science course in Berlin, where I worked on a Machine Learning project to analyze handwriting. I am proficient in Python, Pandas and the usual data science stack, but I am in love with Clojure and Lisp in general.
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Academic Philosopher #

I have written and taught academic philosophy for more than twenty years. My current philosophical interest is in the question of how it is even possible for the computer, a dumb and lifeless machine, to produce rational results. My provisional answer is: by being incorporated into the human form of life.
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