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Quantum Technologies: a Hermeneutic Technology Assessment Approach
This paper develops a hermeneutic technology assessment of quantum technologies. It offers a “vision assessment” of quantum technologies that can...
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Structured analysis of broader GMO impacts inspired by technology assessment to inform policy decisions
If genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are approved in the EU for experimental release or marketing authorization (placing on the market), a risk...
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Technology Assessment
Technology assessment (TA) refers to the systematic study of the effects introduction, extension, or modification of a technology might have on...
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Representations of (Nano)technology in Comics from the ‘NanoKOMIK’ Project
Representations of science and technology, embodied as imaginaries, visions, and expectations, have become a growing focus of analysis. These...
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Neuroadaptive Technology and the Self: a Postphenomenological Perspective
Neuroadaptive technology (NAT) is a closed-loop neurotechnology designed to enhance human–computer interaction. NAT works by collecting...
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Human Flourishing and Technology Affordances
Amid the growing interest in the relationship between technology and human flourishing, philosophical perfectionism can serve as a fruitful lens...
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Technology and Civic Virtue
Today, a major technological trend is the increasing focus on the person: technical systems personalize, customize, and tailor to the person in both...
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Technology and Neutrality
This paper clarifies and answers the following question: is technology morally neutral? It is argued that the debate between proponents and opponents...
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(Self-)Envy, Digital Technology, and Me
Using digital technology, in particular social media, is often associated with envy. Online, where there is a tendency for people to present...
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A Framework for Future-Oriented Assessment of Converging Technologies at National Level
Converging technologies require intelligent policy-making as they have significant capabilities to develop disruptive innovations. In this regard,...
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AI as an Epistemic Technology
In this paper I argue that Artificial Intelligence and the many data science methods associated with it, such as machine learning and large language...
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Exploring the transition: biology, technology, and epistemic activities
By focusing on biorobotics, this article explores the epistemological foundations necessary to support the transition from biological models to...
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Rethinking Technology Through African Philosophy
This chapter interrogates mainstream Western and African conceptual frameworks of technology. As emerging technologies spread across Africa,...
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Real-World Data in Health Technology Assessment: Do We Know It Well Enough?
Advanced data science leads the fourth revolution. Data are not only contributing to develo** new technologies, but also are expected to help...
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Technology and the Situationist Challenge to Virtue Ethics
In this paper, I introduce a “promises and perils” framework for understanding the “soft” impacts of emerging technology, and argue for a eudaimonic...
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Deepfakes and trust in technology
Deepfakes are fake recordings generated by machine learning algorithms. Various philosophical explanations have been proposed to account for their...
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Toward a More Expansive Political Philosophy of Technology
Leo Strauss’s political philosophy spurs recognition that (i) an adequate political philosophy of technology must be able to integrate domestic and...
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Between Technological Utopia and Dystopia: Online Expression of Compulsory Use of Surveillance Technology
This study investigated people’s ethical concerns of surveillance technology. By adopting the spectrum of technological utopian and dystopian...
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Track Thyself? The Value and Ethics of Self-knowledge Through Technology
Novel technological devices, applications, and algorithms can provide us with a vast amount of personal information about ourselves. Given that we...
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Robot Technology for the Elderly and the Value of Veracity: Disruptive Technology or Reinvigorating Entrenched Principles?
The implementation of care robotics in care settings is identified by some authors as a disruptive innovation, in the sense that it will upend the...