Justin B. Biddle

Associate Professor, Director of Philosophy Minor

Member Of:
  • School of Public Policy
Office Location: DM Smith 316

Overview

Personal Pronouns:
he/him

Justin B. Biddle is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests are interdisciplinary in nature, drawing on fields such as philosophy of science, technology, and medicine; ethics of emerging technologies, and science and technology policy. Conceptually, his research explores the relationships between three sets of issues: (1) the role of values in science, technology, and medicine; (2) the epistemic implications of the social organization of research, and (3) ethics and policy. He is currently exploring these relationships in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. He has also worked in the areas of biomedical research and agricultural biotechnology. He received a MA and PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Notre Dame and was later a Distinguished Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. Prior to arriving at Georgia Tech, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Bielefeld University in Germany.

Education:
  • M.A. and Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, History and Philosophy of Science
  • B.A., University of Dayton, Philosophy
  • B.S., University of Dayton, Physics
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • Distinguished Fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (Spring 2014)
Areas of
Expertise:
  • Bioethics
  • Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence
  • Ethics Of Emerging Technologies
  • Intellectual Property Rights
  • Philosophy Of Science, Technology, And Medicine