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Personal profile
Quote
“Technical objects are also material things with social functions. I think it is essential that engineers understand this.”
Research profile
Anthonie Meijers is professor of philosophy and ethics of technology. His research interests include: the theory of artifacts, the epistemology of engineering, ethics of technology (specifically behavior change technologies), speech act theory, and the theory of collective action and collective intentionality. He is one of the intellectual fathers of the so-called dual nature theory of technical artefacts. He has also been a driving force behind the empirical turn in the philosophy of technology. He has been involved in research programs on topics such as persuasive technology & social values, cognitive artefacts and the extended mind, the nature of engineering knowledge, the quantified self, and behavioural change technologies.
Anthonie has been the author of the TU/e long-term educational vision Engineers for the Future (2013, with Perry den Brok).
Academic background
Anthonie Meijers studied mechanical engineering in Delft 1978 and philosophy in Utrecht 1987 and received his PhD in philosophy from Leiden University. His dissertation was on the foundation of Searle's theory of speech acts in his theory of mind, for which he carried out extensive research at the University of California, Berkeley.
He is Distinguished University Professor at Eindhoven and vice-dean of the Faculty of Industrial Emngineering and Innovation Sciences. He is also scientific director of the 4TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology, a member of the Humanities Board at NWO, and chair of the Dutch Research School of Philosophy. He is co-founder and editor in chief of Philosophical Explorations, an international journal for the philosophy of mind and action. He has been the editor in chief of the landmark handbook Philosophy of Technology and Engineering Sciences, published by Elsevier.
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Research Output 1998 2018
The ontology of artefacts : the hard problem
Houkes, W. N. & Meijers, A. W. M., 2006, In : Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 37, 1, p. 118-131 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Artefacts, agency and action schemes
Illies, C. F. R. & Meijers, A. W. M., 2014, The Moral Status of Technical Artefacts. Kroes, P. & Verbeek, P-P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 159-184Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Philosophy of technology and engineering sciences
Meijers, A. W. M. (ed.), 2009, 1st ed. ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 1472 p. (Handbook of the philosophy of science; vol. 9)Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Academic › peer-review
Can collective intentionally be individualized?
Meijers, A. W. M., 2003, In : American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 62, p. 167-183Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Toward an axiological turn in the philosophy of technology
Kroes, P. A. & Meijers, A. W. M., 2016, Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn. Franssen, M., Vermaas, P. E., Kroes, P. A. & Meijers, A. W. M. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 11-30 20 p. (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology; vol. 23)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
Prizes
University professor: Prof. dr. ir. A.W.M. (Anthonie) Meijers
Anthonie Meijers (Recipient), 2013
Recognition: TU/e › University professor › Scientific
Activities 1998 2017
Trust and consent in technologies for health-related behavior change (Poster)
Lily Frank (Speaker), P.J. Nickel (Speaker), Iris Loosman (Speaker), A.W.M. Meijers (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (Journal)
Anthonie Meijers (Guest editor)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Philosophical Explorations (Journal)
Anthonie Meijers (Editor-In-Chief)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
The Monist (Journal)
Anthonie Meijers (Guest editor)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Philosophical Explorations (Journal)
Anthonie Meijers (Editorial board member)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Courses
Press / Media
NWO to undergo major changes at administrative and organisational levels
Jaap Schouten, Anthonie Meijers & Jan de Boer
16/12/16
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Executive Board appoints Ingrid Heynderickx as dean of IE
Ingrid Heynderickx & Anthonie Meijers
28/05/14
1 item of media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment