Conference Agenda

A Political (Re-)Turn in the Philosophy of Engineering and Technology

Chair(s): Paige Benton (University of Johannesburg), Avigail Ferdman (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology), Michael W. Schmidt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Presentations of the Symposium

Where to political philosophy of technology?

Martin Sand
Delft University of Technology

The tragedy of great power technologies

Carl Mitcham
Colorado School of Mines

Why Representations of the Future (Should) Matter for Political Philosophy of Technology? ‘Modal Power’ and Socio-Technical Directionality

Sergio Urueña
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU

Technologies as promoters of justice. a capability-based framework

Daniel Lara De La Fuente
University of Málaga

Gadgets, gimmicks, garbage: domination and irresponsible innovation

Lukas Fuchs
University of Stirling

Energy, war, power: political philosophy of engineering and technology during armed conflict

Giovanni Frigo
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Reciprocity & Reasonability in the Age of AI

Paige Benton
University of Johannesburg

Artificial intelligence and common goods: an uneasy relationship

Avigail Ferdman
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

A rawlsian philosophy of technology and engineering?

Michael W. Schmidt
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Toward a robust political philosophy of technology: aiming to transform and transcend regionalizations

Glen Miller
Texas A&M University

Problematising Political Uses of History in the Philosophy of Technology

Christopher Coenen
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Explainable AI as a rhetorical technology

Wessel Reijers, Tobias Matzner, Suzana Alpsancar
University Paderborn, Germany