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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 26/June/2025
8:15am - 8:45amRegistration
Location: Voorhof
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Disruptive technology I
Location: Blauwe Zaal
 

The role of technology in conceptual disruption

Ibo van de Poel

TU Delft, Netherlands, The



The good, the bad, and the disruptive: On the promise of niche construction theory for technology ethics

Jeroen Hopster1, Elizabeth O'Neill2

1Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 2Eindhoven University of Technology



The sense of disruptive innovation

Georgios Tsagdis

Wageningen University and Research

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Phenomenology I
Location: Auditorium 1
 

Developing a Posthuman and Postphenomenological AI Literacy

Richard S Lewis

University of Washington, United States of America



The temporal aspect of multistability: Extending postphenomenology through Bergson's theory of time

Shigeru Kobayashi

Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences, Japan



Technologically mediated deliberation: bringing postphenomenology to phronesis

Andrew Simon Zelny

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Human - Technology
Location: Auditorium 2
 

Human-technology relations down to earth

Steven Dorrestijn1, Wouter Eggink2

1Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands; 2University of Twente, the Netherlands



Special obligations from relationships with robots ——Beyond the relational approach to moral status——

Hayate Shimizu

Hokkaido University/Japan



Transforming technology: Marcuse and Simondon on technology, alienation, and work

Antonio Oraldi

University of Lisbon, Centre of Philosophy (CFUL), Portugal

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Virtue ethics I
Location: Auditorium 3
 

Does technology transform phronesis? A foray into the virtues and vices of procycling

Tiago Mesquita Carvalho

Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, Portugal



Creative machines & human well-being: an ethical challenge for the fully flourishing life?

Matthew Dennis

TU Eindhoven, Netherlands, The

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Social media
Location: Auditorium 4
 

"But I did not mean to say that". On affective utterances on social media and their collective epistemic effects

Lavinia Marin

TU Delft, Netherlands, The



Smoking versus social networking; analyzing the analogy between tobacco use and social media use

Daphne Brandenburg

University of Groningen, Netherlands, The

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Large Language Models I
Location: Auditorium 5
 

How LLMs diminish our autonomy

Björn Lundgren1,2, Inken Titz3

1Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany; 2Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden; 3Ruhr-Universität Bochum



Intimacy as a Tech-Human Symbiosis: Reframing the LLM-User Experience from a Phenomenological Perspective

Stefano Calzati

TU Delft, Netherlands, The



Large language models and cognitive deskilling

Richard Heersmink

Tilburg University, Netherlands, The

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Responsible innovation
Location: Auditorium 6
 

Between Responsible Innovation and the Maintenance Turn: Imaginaries of Changeability and the Collaborative Frameworks for Philosophy of Technology and Environmental Ethics

Magdalena Holy-Luczaj

University of Wroclaw, Poland



Responsible Innovation as Practiced by Ceramic Craftsmen in China

Hui Zhang, Jiale Zhang

Dalian University of Technology, China, People's Republic of



On the episteme of technology alignment: A critical hermeneutics of the current understanding of responsiveness in Responsible Innovation and Responsible AI discourses

Víctor Betriu Yáñez

Wageningen University, Netherlands, The

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Engineering ethics
Location: Auditorium 7
 

Artificial Intelligence in design engineering practice

Hans Voordijk, Farid Vahdatikhaki, Maarten Verkerk

University of Twente, Netherlands, The



Concept Engineering: a new approach to address Conceptual Disruption and Virtual Ethical Dilemmas

伯灵 孙, 旭 徐

Inner Mongolia University, China, People's Republic of

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Papers) Virtual
Location: Auditorium 8
 

The Virtual and the Sacred

Enrico Beltramini

Notre Dame de Namur University, United States of America



Virtual Pregnancy

Daria Bylieva

Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russian Federation



How new interaction relationships are possible: the social imaginary of elderly holograms

Yu-cheng Liu

Soochow University, Taiwan

 
8:45am - 10:00am(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)
Location: Atlas 2.215
 

Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)

Chair(s): Marc Steen (TNO), Zoe Robaey (Wageningen University & Research)

 

Presentations of the Symposium

 

Internal conflicts among moral obligations: pursuing a quest for the good as innovators

Marco Innocenti
University of Milan, UNIMI

 

Artificial virtues and hermeneutic harm

Andrew Rebera
KU Leuven

 

Technological bullshit

Mandi Astola
Delft University of Technology

 

Digital doppelgangers, moral deskilling, and the fragmented identity: a Confucian critique

Pak Hang Wong
Hong Kong Baptist University

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Disruptive technology II
Location: Blauwe Zaal
 

Digital technologies and the disruption of the lifeworld

Christa Laurens1, Vincent Blok1, Bernice Bovenkerk1, Nolen Gertz2

1WUR, Netherlands, The; 2UT, Netherlands, The



Understanding deep technological disruptiveness as the social construction of human kinds

Wybo Houkes

Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The



Conceptual disruption and niche disruption

Guido Löhr

Vrije Uni Amsterdam, Netherlands, The

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Phenomenology II
Location: Auditorium 1
 

Lost in extension: technology, ignorance, and cognitive phenomenology

Angel Rivera-Novoa

University of Antioquia, Colombia



In the eye of the shitstorm: a critical phenomenology of digital conflict

Niclas Rautenberg

University of Hamburg, Germany



Responsibility gap: Introducing the phenomenological account of criminal law

Kamil Mamak

Jagiellonian University, Poland

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Work
Location: Auditorium 2
 

Democratizing workplace AI as general intellect

Tim Christiaens

Tilburg University, Netherlands, The



All play and no work? AI and existential unemployment

Gary David O'Brien

Lingnan University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)



Algorithms at Work between Discrimination and Domination

Marianna Capasso

Utrecht University, Netherlands, The

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Virtue ethics II
Location: Auditorium 3
 

Intelligence over wisdom: the price of conceptual priorities

Anuj Puri

Tilburg University, Netherlands, The



Addressing challenges to virtue ethics in the application of artificial moral agents: From a Confucian perspective

Yin On Billy Poon

Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)



News, AI, and issues in ethics

Nikhil Moro

Kansas State University, United States of America

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Democracy
Location: Auditorium 4
 

The new stage of democracy. A call for regulation of social media platforms based on theater theory

Alessandro Savi

University of Twente, Netherlands, The



Rethinking Democracy in the age of AI

Adrien Tallent

Sorbonne Université, France



Immaterial Constitution

Harry R. Halpin

Vrjie Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Large Language Models II
Location: Auditorium 5
 

“Who” is silenced when AI does the talking? Philosophical implications of using LLMs in relational settings

Tara Miranovic, Katleen Gabriels

Maastricht University, Netherlands, The



Connecting Dots: Political and Ethical Considerations on the Centralization of Knowledge and Information in Data Platforms and LLMs

Anne-Marie McManus

Forum Transregionale Studien, Germany



LLMs and Testimonal Injustice

William James Victor Gopal

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Interpreting and engineering technology
Location: Auditorium 6
 

Visualising the Quantum World in Quantum Technology: on Pragmatist and Realist Considerations in Quantum Interpretations

Thijs Latten

TU Delft, Netherlands, The



Information Technology engineers' professionalism international comparison

Hiroaki Kanematsu, Fuki Ueno, Minao Kukita

Nagoya University, Japan



Enactivist App Design: Exper - a case study

Michael Butler1, Colin Graves2

1University of North Dakota, United States of America; 2St. Lawrence College, Canada

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Ethics I
Location: Auditorium 7
 

Technology as uncharted territory: Contextual integrity and the notion of AI as new ethical ground

Alexander Martin Mussgnug

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom



OPERA: Operational ethics readiness evaluation for AI

Laurynas Adomaitis1, Alexei Grinbaum2

1RISE, Sweden; 2CEA, France



The bullshit singularity is near

Dylan Eric Wittkower

Old Dominion University, United States of America

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Papers) Avatar
Location: Auditorium 8
 

Avatars as digital naming

Shih Yun Liu

Inner Mongolia University, China, People's Republic of



Avatar attachment in virtual worlds: The conflict between self-fictionalization and authentic representations

Clemens Uhing

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Institut für Wissenschaft und Ethik



AI ‘ancestors’? AI avatars in African ethics

Christopher Wareham

Utrecht University, Netherlands, The

 
10:05am - 11:20am(Symposium) Virtue ethics (SPT Special Interest Group on virtue ethics)
Location: Atlas 2.215
11:20am - 11:50amCoffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Values
Location: Blauwe Zaal
 

Toward beneficial technology: A transformative master’s program for product managers

Sari Harrison

California Institute of Integral Studies, United States of America



Artificial moral discourse and the future of human morality

Elizabeth O'Neill

TU/E, Netherlands, The



Recognition through technology: Design for recognition and its dangers

Nynke van Uffelen

Delft University of Technology, Belgium

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Philosophy of technology I
Location: Auditorium 1
 

Philosophy of Technology and its extractivist Blind Spot: On Mechanisms of Occlusion

Tijs Vandemeulebroucke1, Larissa Bolte1, Julia Pelger2

1Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Institut für Wissenchaft und Ethik, Bonn Sustainable AI Lab, Germany; 2Department of Philosophy, University of Washington, Seattle Washington, United States of America



An empirical study of empirical philosophy of technology celebrating plurality

Anna Melnyk, Nynke Van Uffelen, Aafke Fraaije, Olya Kudina, Karen Moesker, Lavinia Marin, Dmitry Muravev

TU Delft, The Netherlands



Technoscience: perspectives on a new concept for the philosophy of technology

José Luís Garcia

Instituto Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Well-being
Location: Auditorium 2
 

Spiritual Learning for Mental Health and Well-being in the Digital Age

Richa Kapoor MEHRA

O.P Jindal Global University, India, India



AI’s undervalued burden: Psychological impacts

Marcell Sebestyen

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Philosophy and History of Science



Personal well-being in the digital age: on the role of the sense of self

Lyanne Uhlhorn

Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Emotions
Location: Auditorium 3
 

Emotional expressions, Informational opacity, and Technology: On the necessity of overt emotional expressions in social life

Alexandra Prégent

Leiden University, NL



(Post)emotions in care: AI, mechanization, and emotional practices in the age of efficiency

Eliana Bergamin

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, The



Affective injustice and affective artificial intelligence

Kris Goffin1, Alfred Archer2

1Maastricht University; 2Tilburg University

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Chatbots
Location: Auditorium 4
 

LLM-based chatbots – the moral advisor in your pocket…why not?

Franziska Marie Poszler

Technical University of Munich, Germany



In ChatGPT, we trust! Exploring GenAI's trust-knowledge relation

Eugenia Stamboliev

University Vienna, Austria

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Algorithms
Location: Auditorium 5
 

Algorithms, abortion, and making decisions

Hannah Steinhauer

Virgina Tech, United States of America

Abortion is usually framed in the context of decisions— someone who supports abortion rights is often referred to as “pro-choice.” In the digital age, it is notable that algorithms— the sets of instructions that design the technologies we use to communicate every day— are also described using the language of decisions. This has been exemplified by the recent emergence of “decision sciences.” I argue that both abortion and algorithms are framed as decisions in ways that are misleading. Abortion is usually framed as a personal decision for a pregnant person; outside of the sociopolitical and cultural context in which that person lives. The language of “choice” falsely makes the assumption that everybody has equal access to abortion, which feminist theorists have pointed out is not the case. Even before the overturn of Roe, abortion was often inaccessible, specifically to marginalized groups, in the United States. Algorithms, on the other hand, are framed as decisions that are made solely by computers, which leaves out human bias that is embedded in these technologies. That algorithms are a result of human decision-making, and replicate and reproduce human biases, has been shown by digital studies scholars. Furthermore, algorithms, in the digital age, are a necessary component of abortion access— Google searches, as well as use of other internet platforms, can lead someone to medically accurate accessible information about abortion access, but it can also lead someone to misinformation that could ultimately result in preventing a wanted abortion from happening. I argue that, in the post-Roe United States, as well as in the digital age generally, algorithmic information technologies will play a central role in reproductive justice. Furthermore, it is necessary to understand dynamics of computer and human decision making, which really are both forms of human decision making, in order to get the full picture of how digital technology relates to and allows for abortion access.



The power topology of algorithmic governance

Taicheng Tan

Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China, People's Republic of

As a co-product of the interplay between knowledge and power, algorithmic governance raises fundamental questions of political epistemology while offering technical solutions constrained by value norms. Political epistemology, as an emerging interdisciplinary field, investigates the possibility of political cognition by addressing issues such as political disagreement, consensus, ignorance, emotion, irrationality, democracy, expertise, and trust. Central to this inquiry are the political dimensions of algorithmic governance and how it shapes or even determines stakeholders’ political perceptions and actions. In the post-truth era, social scientists have increasingly employed empirical tools to quantitatively represent algorithmic political bias and rhetoric.

Despite advancements in the philosophy of technology, which has shifted from grand critiques to micro-empirical studies, it has yet to fully open the space for political epistemological exploration of algorithmic governance. To address this gap, this paper introduces power topology analysis. Topology, a mathematical field that studies the properties of spatial forms that remain unchanged under continuous transformation, has been adapted by thinkers like Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Henri Lefebvre, Bruno Latour, and David Harvey to examine the isomorphism and fluidity of power and space. Power, like topology, retains continuity even through transformations, linking the two conceptually.

This paper is structured into four parts. The first explores the necessity and significance of power topology in conceptualizing algorithmic power and politics through the lens of political epistemology. The second examines the generative logic and cognitive structure of power topology within algorithmic governance. The third analyzes how power topology transforms algorithmic power relations into an algorithmic political order. The fourth proposes strategies for democratizing algorithmic governance through power topology analysis.

The introduction of power topology analysis offers a reflexive perspective for the philosophy of technology to re-engage with political epistemology—an area insufficiently addressed by current quantitative research and ethical frameworks. This topological approach provides a detailed portrait of algorithmic politics by revealing its power topology. Moreover, it redefines stakeholder participation by demonstrating how algorithms stretch, fold, or distort power relations, reshaping the political landscape. By uncovering the material politics of these transformations, power topology encourages the philosophy of technology to reopen political epistemological spaces and adopt new cognitive tools for outlining the politics of algorithmic governance. Ultimately, this framework aims to foster continuous, rational, and democratic engagement by stakeholders in the technological transformation of society, offering a dynamic and reflexive tool for understanding the intersection of power, politics, and algorithms.



Believable generative agents: A self-fulfilling prophecy?

Leonie Alina Möck1, Sven Thomas2

1University of Vienna, Austria; 2University of Paderborn, Germany

Recent advancements in AI systems, in particular Large Language Models, have sparked renewed interest in a technological vision once confined to science fiction: generative AI agents capable of simulating human personalities. These agents are increasingly touted as tools with diverse applications, such as facilitating interview studies (O’Donnell, 2024), improving online dating experiences (Batt, 2024), or even serving as personalized "companion clones" of social media influencers (Writer, 2023). Proponents argue that such agents, designed to act as "believable proxies of human behavior“ (Park et al. 2023) offer unparalleled opportunities to prototype social systems and test theories. As Park et al. (2024) suggest, they could significantly advance policymaking and social science by enabling large-scale simulation of social dynamics.

This paper critically examines the foundational assumptions underpinning these claims, focusing on the concept of believability driving this research. What, precisely, does "believable" mean in the context of generative agents, and how might an uncritical acceptance of their believability create self-fulfilling prophecies in social science research? This analysis begins by tracing the origins of Park et al.’s framework of believability to the work of Bates (1994), whose exploration of believable characters has profoundly influenced the field.

Drawing on Günther Anders’ (1956) critique of technological mediation and Donna Haraway’s (2018, 127) reflections on "technoscientific world-building“, this paper situates generative agents as key sites where science, technology, and society intersect. Ultimately, it calls for a critical reexamination of the promises and perils of generative agents, emphasizing the need for reflexivity in their conceptualization, as well as their design and application. By interrogating the assumptions behind believability, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of the socio-technical implications of these emerging AI systems.

Building on Louise Amoore’s (2020) concept of algorithms as composite creatures, this paper explores the implications of framing generative agents as "believable." In the long run, deploying these AI systems in social science research risks embedding prior normative assumptions into empirical findings. Such feedback loops can reinforce preexisting models of the world, presenting them as objective realities rather than as socially constructed artifacts. The analysis highlights the danger of generative agents reproducing and amplifying simplified or biased representations of complex social systems, thereby shaping policy and theory in ways that may perpetuate these distortions.

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Batt, Simon (2024). „Bumble Wants to Send Your AI Clone on Dates with Other People's Chatbots.” Retrieved from https://www.xda-developers.com/bumble-ai-clone-dates-other-peoples-chatbots/.

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11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Privacy
Location: Auditorium 6
 

What is “mental” about Mental Privacy?

Felicitas Holzer1, Orsolya Friedrich2, Samuel Pedziwiatr2

1University of Zurich; 2University of Hagen



Is Privacy Security?

Daniel Susser

Cornell University, United States of America

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Ethics II
Location: Auditorium 7
 

Considering the social and economic sustainability of AI

Rosalie Waelen, Aimee Van Wynsberghe

University of Bonn, Germany



Synthetic socio-technical systems: poiêsis as meaning making

Federica Russo1, Andrew McIntyre2

1Utrecht University, Netherlands, The; 2University of Amsterdam



Exploring Kantian Part-Representation and Self-Setting Concepts in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Pan Deng

Shenzhen University, China

 
11:50am - 1:05pm(Papers) Digital age
Location: Auditorium 8
 

The affective scaffolding of grief in the digital age: the case of deathbots

Mark Alfano

Macquarie University, Australia



So close, yet so far: spatial production and immersive experiences in mixed reality-a case study of Ryuichi Sakamoto's Kagami

Jingni HUANG

National Chengchi University, Taiwan

 
1:05pm - 2:30pmLunch break
Location: Senaatszaal
2:30pm - 3:30pmKeynote 2 - Shannon Vallor - De-coding our humanity: Reflections on intimate and immanent technologies
Location: Blauwe Zaal
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Sex robots
Location: Blauwe Zaal
 

Queering the sex robot: insights from queer Lacanian psychoanalysis and new materialism

Maaike van der Horst, Anna Puzio

University of Twente, Netherlands, The



Buddhist killer bots, sex bots and enlightenment bots

Tom Hannes

Eindhoven University of Technology

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Philosophy of technology II
Location: Auditorium 1
 

Vulnerability and technologies in post-normal times

Natalia Fernández Jimeno1, Marta I. González García2

1Institute of Philosophy- Spanish National Research Council, Spain; 2University of Oviedo, Spain



Technical Expression and the mitigation of alienation in human-technology relationships

Kaush Kalidindi

TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Personality, pediatrics and psychiatry
Location: Auditorium 2
 

Personality without theory: Engineering AI personalities

Roman Krzanowski1, Isabela Lipinska2

1The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow; 2Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne, Warsaw



The use of AI in pediatrics - an assessment matrix for consent requirements

Tommaso Bruni, Bert Heinrichs

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany



Developing ambiguous classifications for a clinically relevant psychiatric research

Elodie Gratreau

Costech, Université de technologie de Compiègne, France

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Care I
Location: Auditorium 3
 

The helpless robot and the serving human

Lena Alicija Philine Fiedler

Technical University Berlin, Germany



Preserving intimacy in dementia care: an ethical and technological approach towards an ecology of memory

Nathan Degreef

UCLouvain, Belgium



Matters of care? How screenshotting reveals mental therapy chatbots’ artificial intimacies

Renée Ridgway

Aarhus University, Denmark

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Disruptive technology III
Location: Auditorium 4
 

Ethical frameworks for disruptive technologies: Balancing innovation, privacy, and value-sensitive design

Mireia Bosch1, Diego Zamora2

1Hyper Island; 2University of Plymouth



It’s time to talk about moral progress: Facing the normativity of the philosophy of (disruptive) technologies

Jason Branford

University of Hamburg, Germany



Navigating conceptual disruption through affordances-informed conceptual engineering. Taxonomy and operationalisation

Samuela Marchiori

TU Delft, Netherlands, The

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Machine Learning
Location: Auditorium 5
 

“Does it really hurt that much?” The Ethical Implications of Epistemically Unjust Practices in Machine Learning Based Migraine Assessments

Sasha Lee Smit

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom



Fair to understansd fairness contexually in machine learning

Jyoti Kishore

Indian Institute of Technology, India



Technology as a constellation: The challenges of doing ethics on enabling technologies

Sage Cammers-Goodwin, Michael Nagenborg

University of Twente

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Aligning values
Location: Auditorium 6
 

Aligning technology with human values

Martin Peterson

Texas A&M University, United States of America



Aligning AI with ideal values: Comparing metanormative methods to the Social Expert Model

Erich Mark Riesen

Texas A&M University, United States of America



Aligning values: setting better agendas for technology development

Yunxuan Miao

TU Delft, the Netherlands

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(Papers) Ethics III
Location: Auditorium 7
 

The ethics of blockchain-based construction e-bidding

Venus Azamnia

Virginia Tech, United States of America



Managing folk terms in AI: the placeholder strategy as a lesson from comparative cognition

Diego Morales

Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The



Ethics readiness: Aligning ethical approaches with a technology’s stage of development

Eline de Jong

University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, The

 
3:35pm - 4:50pm(People) Intimacy I
Location: Auditorium 8
 

Intimacy and the Spatialization of Care: the case of Teleconsultation Booths

Nathan Degreef, Alain Loute

Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium



Intimate technology and moral vulnerability

Harry Weir-McAndrew

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

 
4:50pm - 5:20pmCoffee & Tea break
Location: Voorhof
5:20pm - 6:35pm(People) Intimacy II
Location: Blauwe Zaal
 

Personal and intimate relationships with AI: an assessment of their desirability

Philip Antoon Emiel Brey

University of Twente, Netherlands, The



Hybrid family – intimate life with artificial intelligence

Miroslav Vacura

Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic



(Don’t) come closer: Excentric design for intimate technologies

Esther L.O. Keymolen

Tilburg University, Netherlands, The

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Philosophy of technology III
Location: Auditorium 1
 

Pharmacology of plasticity: bridging Stiegler and Malabou

Pietro Prunotto

University of Turin, Italy



Techsploitation cinema: how movies shaped our technological world

Nolen Gertz

University of Twente, Netherlands, The



The Semi-Rational Creation of life: Challenges in Synthetic Biology

Lotte Asveld

Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Gender and the self
Location: Auditorium 2
 

Unpacking gender affirming surgeries: technology, identity, and acceptance

Stephen Lyndon Frommer

Virginia Tech, United States of America



The connected self: anthropotechnics and identity in the digital domestic space

Carlo De Conte

University of Turin, Italy

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Care II
Location: Auditorium 3
 

The limits of care: A critical analysis of AI companions' capacity for good care

meiting Wang

University of Auckland, New Zealand



From institutional psychotherapy to caring robots – a posthumanist perspective

Christoph Hubatschke, Ralf Vetter

IT:U Linz, Austria



Transformation of Autonomy in Human(patient)-AI/Robot-Relations

Kiyotaka Naoe

Tohoku University, Japan

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Anthropomorphism
Location: Auditorium 4
 

Anthropomorphism, false beliefs and conversational AIs

Beatrice Marchegiani

University of Oxford, United Kingdom



What's the problem with anthropomorphising AI-driven systems?

Giles Howdle

Utrecht University, Netherlands, The

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Language
Location: Auditorium 5
 

Is extensible markup language perspectivist?

Timothy Tambassi

Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy



Wittgenstein’s Woodsellers and AI: Interpreting Large Language Models in practice: Rationality First vs Coherence First approaches

Mark Robrecht Theunissen

The New School, United States of America



Time and Temporality in Engineering Language

Aleksandra Kazakova

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, People's Republic of

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Decision-making
Location: Auditorium 6
 

Two’s company, three’s a crowd: theoretical considerations for shared-decision making in AI-assisted healthcare

Emma-Jane Spencer1, Cathleen Parsons2, Stefan Buijsman3

1Erasmus MC, TU Delft; 2TU Delft; 3TU Delft



On the philosophical limits of artificially intelligent decisions

Samuele Murtinu

Utrecht University, Netherlands, The



Shaping technology with society's voice: measuring gut feelings and values

Marieke van Vliet, Linda Hofman, Anika Kok, Fleur van Liesdonk, Bart Wernaart

Fontys, Netherlands, The

 
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Ethics IV
Location: Auditorium 7
5:20pm - 6:35pm(Papers) Geo-engineering
Location: Auditorium 8
 

The question concerning planetary technology: geo-engineering, sustainable technology, planetary boundaries, and the end of the Earth

Ole Thijs, Jochem Zwier

Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands, The



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