Cody Turner

  • Assistant Professor, Philosophy
  • Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Connecticut
  • B.A. in Philosophy, College of William & Mary

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Articles


  • Turner, C., Eisikovits, N. (2026). Programmed to please: the moral and epistemic harms of AI sycophancy. AI and Ethics, (6) 1-15. (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2026). The Avatar Extended Self: Narrative Identity and Virtual Ethics . Review of Philosophy and Psychology 1-24. (Link)
  • Turner, C., Martin, K. (2026). Virtual Trespassing: Privacy in Photographic VR. Ethics and Information Technology, (28) 1-13. (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2025). Online Echo Chambers, Online Epistemic Bubbles, and Open-Mindedness. Episteme, (22) Issue 1 232-257. (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2025). Choosing Less Harmful Alternatives: The Ethics of Harm Reduction in Emerging Technologies. Science and Engineering Ethics, (32) (Link)
  • Peters, K., Turner, C., Battaly, H. (2025). Intellectual Humility Without Open-Mindedness: How to Respond to Extremist Views. Episteme Issue (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2023). The Metaverse: Virtual Metaphysics, Virtual Governance, and Virtual Abundance. Philosophy and Technology, (36) Issue 4 (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2022). The extended mind argument against phenomenal intentionality. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, (21) Issue 4 (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2022). Augmented Reality, Augmented Epistemology, and the Real-World Web. Philosophy and Technology, (35) Issue 1 (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2022). Neuromedia, cognitive offloading, and intellectual perseverance. Synthese, (200) Issue 1 (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2022). HoloFoldit and Hologrammatically Extended Cognition. Philosophy and Technology, (35) Issue 4 (Link)
  • Book Chapters


  • Turner, C., Schneider, S. (2020). Could You Merge with AI? Reflections on the Singularity and Radical Brain Enhancement The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of AI. Oxford University Press (Link)
  • Turner, C. (2020). The Cognitive Phenomenology Argument for Disembodied AI Consciousness The Age of Artificial Intelligence: An Exploration. Vernon Press (Link)
  • Other Scholarly Work


  • Turner, C. (2025). Neural Nexus: The Philosophy and Governance of Neurotechnology. White Paper at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) 1-33. (Link).