Adam Matthews (Birmingham) has published a review of my Using Words and Things in the journal Postdigital Science and Education!
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AI paper published in SEE
My paper, “Artificial Intelligence, Responsibilty Attribution, and a Relational Justification of Explainability,” has been published online in Science and Engineering Ethics!
ORF Interview for their European Forum Alpbach Programming
I was interviewed by ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) as part of their European Forum Alpbach programming. In this segment I discuss the historical dimensions and ethical implications of our all being cyborgs:
https://oe1.orf.at/player/20180824/523961
The segment starts at 19:14.
This was Robophilosophy 2018
From February 14-17, Vienna hosted the international, transdisciplinary research conference Robophilosophy 2018 as a part of the biennial Robophilosophy Conference Series.
More than 200 participants gathered at the Campus of the University of Vienna to share and discuss their views on social robotics, policies regarding robotics and automation, machine ethics, and several topics more.
It was truly an honor to organize this conference with my team and our co-organizers.
I would like to thank all sponsors, (co-)organizers, and the conference staff for their dedicated support. Also, I want to thank our participants and speakers for joining us in Vienna on this special occasion.
Another thank you goes out to the press representatives, who have spread the word on this important topic to the public. Details on media coverage will soon be available under Media Coverage Robophilosophy 2018 on my website, and on the official conference website.
Robophilosophy 2018
Februray 14-17, Campus der Universität Wien, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna
Main Organizers of Robophilosophy 2018:
Mark Coeckelbergh, Janina Loh, and Michael Funk
Chair of Media and Technology, University of Vienna
Organizers of the Robophilosophy Conference Series and Co-Organizers RP2018:
Johanna Seibt, and Marco Nørskov, Research Unit for Robophilosophy, Aarhus University see also Research Network TRANSOR
Funding was provided by the Carlsberg Foundation, the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, the Faculty of Philosophy and Education, University of Vienna, the Danish Council for Independent Research, and the Vienna Convention Bureau.
Keynote Speakers
Oliver Bendel
Joanna Bryson
Raja Chatila
Juha Heikkilä
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Catelijne Muller
Simon Penny
Guy Standing
Robert Trappl
More information on the program, individual sessions and workshops can be found on the official website.
Finalist of the 2017 World Technology Awards
I have been selected as finalist in the category Ethics for the 2017 World Technology Awards.
It is a great pleasure to be therefore considered a Fellow of the World Technology Network (WTN) – a peer-elected community of innovative organizations and individuals working in science, technology and related fields around the world.
Talk at UNESCO lunch debate on ethics of robots
I have been invited to give a talk on the ethical dilemmas of robotics at the lunch debate Robots: ethical or unethical? at UNESCO, Paris, France on November 10, 2017.
Find more information on the event here.
Also, UNESCO gives an overview of their endeavors in this field here.
Using Words and Things
Very happy to let you know that my new book on language and technology is out now with Routledge:
Published by Routledge, see here: http://bit.ly/2sQ877Q
Content. This book offers a systematic framework for thinking about the relationship between language and technology and an argument for interweaving thinking about technology with thinking about language. The main claim of philosophy of technology—that technologies are not mere tools and artefacts not mere things, but crucially and significantly shape what we perceive, do, and are—is re-thought in a way that accounts for the role of language in human technological experiences and practices. Engaging with work by Wittgenstein, Heidegger, McLuhan, Searle, Ihde, Latour, Ricoeur, and many others, the author critically responds to, and constructs a synthesis of, three “extreme”, idealtype, untenable positions: (1) only humans speak and neither language nor technologies speak, (2) only language speaks and neither humans nor technologies speak, and (3) only technology speaks and neither humans nor language speak. The construction of this synthesis goes hand in hand with a narrative about subjects and objects that become entangled and constitute one another. Using Words and Things thus draws in central discussions from other subdisciplines in philosophy, such as philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics, to offer an original theory of the relationship between language and (philosophy of) technology centered on use, performance, and narrative, and taking a transcendental turn.
New Book: Using Words and Things
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Very happy to let you know that my new book on language and technology is out now with Routledge:
Published by Routledge, see here: http://bit.ly/2sQ877Q
Content. This book offers a systematic framework for thinking about the relationship between language and technology and an argument for interweaving thinking about technology with thinking about language. The main claim of philosophy of technology—that technologies are not mere tools and artefacts not mere things, but crucially and significantly shape what we perceive, do, and are—is re-thought in a way that accounts for the role of language in human technological experiences and practices. Engaging with work by Wittgenstein, Heidegger, McLuhan, Searle, Ihde, Latour, Ricoeur, and many others, the author critically responds to, and constructs a synthesis of, three “extreme”, idealtype, untenable positions: (1) only humans speak and neither language nor technologies speak, (2) only language speaks and neither humans nor technologies speak, and (3) only technology speaks and neither humans nor language speak. The construction of this synthesis goes hand in hand with a narrative about subjects and objects that become entangled and constitute one another. Using Words and Things thus draws in central discussions from other subdisciplines in philosophy, such as philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics, to offer an original theory of the relationship between language and (philosophy of) technology centered on use, performance, and narrative, and taking a transcendental turn.
Mark Coeckelbergh 