Alex Filliez

MA Student

Philosophical Interests: I work in public‑facing philosophy of science and technology, focusing on AI, education, labor, environment, and mental health. I examine how scientific and technological systems reshape agency, understanding, and selfhood by reconfiguring the conditions of intelligibility for persons. My approach is pluralist: I draw on global phenomenological practices—esp Zen Buddhist (Dōgen) and post‑Heideggerian approaches—alongside careful conceptual analysis and non‑reductive, first‑principles reasoning to examine technology as a world‑shaping force that can be both liberating and oppressive