Mizrahi, Moti
Moti Mizrahi
Professor | College of Psych. and Liberal Arts: School of Arts and Communication
Contact Information
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Personal Overview
Dr. Mizrahi received his PhD in Philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 2010. Before joining the School of Arts and Communication at Florida Tech, he taught at St. John’s University in New York City. He has teaching and research interests in argumentation, epistemology, ethics, logic, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of science and technology. He has published extensively on the philosophy of science, the scientific realism/anti-realism debate, the epistemology of philosophy, and argumentation. His work has appeared in journals such as Argumentation, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, Philosophical Studies, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and Synthese. A major theme in his work has been the application of digital, statistical, and data-driven methods to problems concerning moral, philosophical, and scientific reasoning.
Educational Background
Ph.D., Philosophy, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2010
Professional Experience
Additional Duties
- Board Member, Computation Research at Florida Tech (CRAFT)
- Area Editor, Arguments for and Against Scientific Realism, PhilPapers
- Faculty Advisor, Florida Tech's Philosophy Club, FITlosophy
Current Courses
- HUM 2510 Logic
- HUM 2551 Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
- HUM 2552 Modern & Contemporary Philosophy
- HUM 2570 Bioethics
- HUM 3531 Philosophy of Science
- HUM 3571 Engineering Ethics
- HUM 3572 AI Ethics
Selected Publications
Books
- 2025. Playing God with Emerging Technologies: How to Avoid the Traps of Techno-Optimism and Techno-Pessimism. Bloomsbury Academic.
- 2022. For and Against Scientism: Science, Methodology, and the Future of Philosophy. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
- 2020. The Relativity of Theory: Key Positions in the Contemporary Scientific Realism/Antirealism Debate. Synthese Library. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
- 2018. The Kuhnian Image of Science: Time for a Decisive Transformation? Collective Studies in Science and Society. London: Rowman & Littlefield.
Journal Articles
- For a list of Dr. Mizrahi's published journal articles, please visit his PhilPeople page.
Other Publications
- Green Colleges and Generative AI: A Growing Tension. The Opinion Pages. December 30, 2025.
- “Playing God” with De-Extinction Technologies. JSTOR Daily. November 12, 2025.
- Your DNA Data is Not for Sale. Orlando Sentinel, May 17, 2025.
- The Moral Frontier of Space Sustainability. Florida Today. February 4, 2024.
- Banning TikTok has Nothing to Do with the Constitutional Right to Free Speech. The Hill. April 29, 2024.
- Supreme Court Justices are Not Arbiters of Right and Wrong. The Hill. April 01, 2024.
- AI: When Business and Science Don’t Mix. The Opinion Pages. January 23, 2024.
- Are Students Embracing Ignorance or Violence? Inside Higher Ed. January 18, 2024.
- Don’t Let Tech Companies Use us as Guinea Pigs. The Hill. November 29, 2023.