Publications
The Algorithmic Thing, The Real, and Contestation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A unique and powerful approach in the philosophy of technology, Critical Constructivism endeavors to show how technologies instantiate and consolidate power relations. This chapter elaborates on an enduring vulnerable spot in the framework, namely, that Critical Constructivism only starts to do its work as soon as some problem, struggle, or controversy is recognized as such. Only then, the work of “contestation” can begin. For problems that ...
Navigating Onlife Privacy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Homo Roboticus Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Spitstechnologie doet onze leefwereld in sneltempo evolueren. De combinatie van robotica en artificiële intelligentie ...
Social Networking Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Concrete/Abstract Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This essay takes an epistemological perspective on the question of the ‘art of living with technology.’ Such an approach is needed as our everyday notion and understanding of technology keep being framed in the old categories of instrumentalism and essentialism—notwithstanding philosophy of technology’s substantial attempts, in recent times, to bridge the stark dichotomy between those two viewpoints. Here, the persistent dichotomous thinking ...
Onlife Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Virtual gossip: How gossip regulates moral life in virtual worlds Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp
‘I keep a close watch on this child of mine’: A moral critique of other-tracking apps Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In specific, focus lies on apps designed for parents to remotely track the whereabouts of their ...