New Directions in Philosophy of Technology 2
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Philosophy of Technology is a rapidly evolving field which gains its momentum not only from the emergence of new technologies but also theoretical developments in neighbouring fields and disciplines. This is the second installment of the New Directions workshop series which aims to bring together scholars working at the forefront of a variety of different topics in philosophy of technology in order to showcase the breadth and diversity of innovative work currently taking place within the field.
All are welcome to attend any or all of the talks without registration.
Workshop Programme:
June 4
12:30 Welcome: Introduction (Mark Thomas Young & Wessel Reijers)
13:00 Talks
- Bruno Gransche (Universität Karlsruhe) - “Textures of I Can – Prolegomena to a Formal Pragmatics of Capability”
- Andrea Gammon (Technical University of Delft) - “What is Maintenance Theoretically Good For? The Philosophical Offerings of Maintenance (and Repair)”
- Samantha Copeland (Technical University of Delft) - “Minding the Gap: getting Serious about a logic of discovery”
- Jussi Jylkkä (University of Turku) - “Metacognition as Modeling of Cognition: The Signal Problem and Direction for Enhancement”
15:00 Break
15:30 Talks
- Sanna Lehtinen (Aalto University) - “Aesthetic Attention as a Metacognitive Factor in Human-AI Relations”
- Joost Alleblas (Technical University of Delft) - “Against the Human Condition? Technology, Agonism, and the Future of Political Theory”
- Mark Theunissen (Technical University of Delft) - “Maintenance as Politics of Technology”
17:00 Closing
19:00 Dinner
June 5
9:00 Coffee and welcome
9:30 Talks
- Jason Branford (University of Hamburg) - “Rethinking Moral Technologies: On Moral Habits, Friction and Reponsiveness”
- Olya Kudina (Technical University of Delft) - “TBA”
10:30 Break
11:00 Talks
- Alexandra Karakas (Budapest University of Technology & Economics) - “How to Measure Precision and Accuracy?”
- Steffen Steinert (Technical University of Delft) - “TBA”
12:00 Lunch (workshop closes)
