Author: Peter-Paul Verbeek

Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is full professor of Philosophy of Technology and co-director of the DesignLab of the University of Twente, The Netherlands. He is also honorary professor of Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University, Denmark. Verbeek's research focuses on the philosophy of human-technology relations, and aims to contribute to philosophical theory, ethical reflection, and practices of design and innovation. His publications include Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things (University of Chicago Press, 2011) and What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design (Penn State University Press, 2005).

Homo Technologicus: Paradisolezing 14 mei 2017

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

In deze Paradisolezing belicht ik de manier waarop het menselijk bestaan is verweven met technologie, bezien vanuit de evolutie, vanuit de hedendaagse samenleving, en vanuit mogelijke toekomstige ontwikkelingen. "De mens laat zich niet begrijpen zonder technologie: techniek behoort tot de menselijke conditie. Binnen de filosofische antropologie is de relatie tussen mens en techniek dan ook … Continue reading Homo Technologicus: Paradisolezing 14 mei 2017

Grote denkers van bijzondere Nederlanders (Dutch)

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

Twaalf bijzondere Nederlanders verzorgen een dag vol filosofie, humor, verdieping en persoonlijke betekenis op basis van de canon van The School of Life. Met: Louise Fresco, Joke Hermsen, Ad Verbrugge, Britta Böhler, Anousha Nzume, Boris van der Ham, Marcia Luyten, Frits Philips, Lucas de Man, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Joris Bijdendijk en Marjolijn van Heemstra. Meer informatie: … Continue reading Grote denkers van bijzondere Nederlanders (Dutch)

Vooruitgang door verbinding; technologie als hulpmiddel en uitdaging

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

Interview in iFilosofie: "Kunnen wij het razendsnelle tempo van de technologische vooruitgang nog wel bijhouden? En wat betekent het voor de ethiek als kunstmatige intelligentie steeds meer op de mens begint te lijken? Peter-Paul Verbeek (1970) is hoogleraar Filosofie van Mens en Techniek aan de Universiteit Twente. Hij doet onderzoek naar de relatie tussen mens … Continue reading Vooruitgang door verbinding; technologie als hulpmiddel en uitdaging

Online course in Philosophy of Technology and Design 

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

We are offering a free, three-week, online mini-course (study load 15 hours in total) in philosophy of technology and design, with a special focus on the approach of technological mediation. Plessers check out the 2-minute introduction video below. If you are interested, you can join at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/philosophy-of-technology. https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=ASiaWmbk7H8

Workshop on Digital Technologies and Political Philosophy of Technology

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

Workshop 'Security and the Political Turn in the Philosophy of Technologies', University of Twente | DesignLab, March 10 2017.  How to understand the political significance of things? And how to deal with the politics of technology in a responsible way? Ever since Langdon Winner claimed in the early 1980s that "artifacts have politics", these questions … Continue reading Workshop on Digital Technologies and Political Philosophy of Technology

On the Origin of Androids

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

Saturday Feb 4, Transmediale Festival Berlin: 'On the Origin of Androids'. About the fading boundaries between the natural and the artificial, the human and the technological, the given and the made. With Floris Kaayk, Koert van Mensvoort, Arjon Dunnewind.

Techno-flesh: toward a phenomenology of human-robot relations

~ Peter-Paul Verbeek

Monday Dec 19 I will give a keynote on human-robot relations at the OH-MAN, OH-MACHINE conference at Tel Aviv University. I will expand Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of interpersonal relations to a phenomenology of human-robot relations, arguing that Merleau-Ponty's notion of the 'chiasm' can expand the approach of technological mediation, and that the mediation approach can help … Continue reading Techno-flesh: toward a phenomenology of human-robot relations