Dr James Humphries
- Affiliate Scholar (School of Social & Political Sciences)
Publications
2026
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356, Hicks, Michael Townsen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668 and Slater, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235
(2026)
LLMs bullshit by design: a reply to Licon.
Philosophy and Technology, 39(2),
98.
(doi: 10.1007/s13347-025-01016-x)
2025
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356, Slater, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235 and Hicks, Michael Townsen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668
(2025)
Bullshit.
[Website]
Slater, Joe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235 and Humphries, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2025)
Another reason to call bullshit on AI “hallucinations”.
AI and Society, 40(7),
pp. 5631-5632.
(doi: 10.1007/s00146-025-02346-2)
2024
Slater, Joe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235, Humphries, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356 and Hicks, Michael Townsen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668
(2024)
ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!
Scientific American,
17 July.
Hicks, Michael Townsen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668, Humphries, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356 and Slater, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235
(2024)
ChatGPT is bullshit.
Ethics and Information Technology, 26,
38.
(doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5)
2022
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2022)
The Habermas-Rawls Debate.
Philosophical Quarterly, 72(1),
pp. 249-251.
(doi: 10.1093/pq/pqab006)[Book Review]
2021
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2021)
The social-relational view of recognition respect.
Bibliotecca della Liberta, LVI(231),
pp. 5-30.
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2021)
Domination, the state and anarchism.
In: Mathis, Klaus and Langensand, Luca (eds.)
Dignity, Diversity, Anarchy: Human Dignity in Europe / The Anarchist Critique of the State, the Law and Authority.
Series: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. Beiheft (168).
Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 143-168.
ISBN 9783515129534
2018
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2018)
Intimacy, autonomy and (non) domination.
Journal of Applied Philosophy, 35(2),
pp. 399-416.
(doi: 10.1111/japp.12218)
2014
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2014)
Kant’s Questions: What is the Human Being? By Patrick R. Frierson. Abingdon and New York:
Routledge. 2013. ix + 322 p. £19.99 (pb). ISBN 978-0-415-55845-7.
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 37(4),
pp. 546-547.
(doi: 10.1111/1754-0208.12123)[Book Review]
Articles
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356, Hicks, Michael Townsen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668 and Slater, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235
(2026)
LLMs bullshit by design: a reply to Licon.
Philosophy and Technology, 39(2),
98.
(doi: 10.1007/s13347-025-01016-x)
Slater, Joe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235 and Humphries, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2025)
Another reason to call bullshit on AI “hallucinations”.
AI and Society, 40(7),
pp. 5631-5632.
(doi: 10.1007/s00146-025-02346-2)
Slater, Joe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235, Humphries, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356 and Hicks, Michael Townsen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668
(2024)
ChatGPT Isn’t ‘Hallucinating’—It’s Bullshitting!
Scientific American,
17 July.
Hicks, Michael Townsen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668, Humphries, James
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356 and Slater, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235
(2024)
ChatGPT is bullshit.
Ethics and Information Technology, 26,
38.
(doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5)
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2021)
The social-relational view of recognition respect.
Bibliotecca della Liberta, LVI(231),
pp. 5-30.
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2018)
Intimacy, autonomy and (non) domination.
Journal of Applied Philosophy, 35(2),
pp. 399-416.
(doi: 10.1111/japp.12218)
Book Sections
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2021)
Domination, the state and anarchism.
In: Mathis, Klaus and Langensand, Luca (eds.)
Dignity, Diversity, Anarchy: Human Dignity in Europe / The Anarchist Critique of the State, the Law and Authority.
Series: Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. Beiheft (168).
Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart, pp. 143-168.
ISBN 9783515129534
Book Reviews
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2022)
The Habermas-Rawls Debate.
Philosophical Quarterly, 72(1),
pp. 249-251.
(doi: 10.1093/pq/pqab006)[Book Review]
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356
(2014)
Kant’s Questions: What is the Human Being? By Patrick R. Frierson. Abingdon and New York:
Routledge. 2013. ix + 322 p. £19.99 (pb). ISBN 978-0-415-55845-7.
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 37(4),
pp. 546-547.
(doi: 10.1111/1754-0208.12123)[Book Review]
Website
Humphries, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-4356, Slater, Joe
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2269-7235 and Hicks, Michael Townsen
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-5668
(2025)
Bullshit.
[Website]