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The Philosophy and Ethics (P&E) Group conducts research at the intersection of philosophy, technology, and innovation

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Philosophical perspectives on technology and innovation

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Research at the Philosophy and Ethics (P&E) group connects philosophy and ethics to technology and innovation. We believe the design, use, and regulation of technologies is enriched by ethical and philosophical analysis. In turn, philosophy must be informed by science, innovation, and technological developments. A few of the research topics studied in the group include theories and models of technological and cultural evolution, and ethical assessment of persuasive technologies, social robotics, and advances in medical and mobility technologies. Interdisciplinary cooperation is vital for our research, which often involves direct engagement with the natural, engineering and social sciences. Researchers in the P&E group often study innovative technologies and technology-related problems in detail to enable genuinely empirically informed analyses that are meaningful to philosophers, researchers in other areas, and society. For this purpose, the group has established close interdisciplinary collaborations with researchers from other groups in the TU/e School of Innovation Sciences, as well as with mechanical engineers, climate scientists, and archaeologists, among others.

At the same time, we also view fundamental philosophical research as an essential part of what we do. Our research on technology-related problems and technological innovations requires going beyond the application of existing frameworks. Members of the group have proposed substantial changes to existing philosophical theories such as consequentialism, Kantian ethics, responsible innovation frameworks, and the extended-mind hypothesis. Members have also developed entirely new philosophical frameworks, such as the ethical design cycle and theories of technical functions and of engineering knowledge. Moreover, we work on fundamental critical assessments of technology-related research in various sciences, and of programs in engineering disciplines.

The group’s expertise covers a variety of philosophical sub-disciplines, including applied ethics, normative ethics, meta-ethics, philosophy of science and technology, and epistemology.

The P&E group is currently the management headquarters for the 4TU|Centre for Ethics and Technology. In addition, the group is a member of the Dutch Research School for Philosophy (OZSW), is actively involved in the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science, and has ongoing collaborations with both private and public partners.
Past and current stakeholders in P&E group projects include the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DAF Trucks, Agentschap NL, Milieudefensie, Rathenau Instituut.

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moral philosophy Sociale wetenschappen

Cultural Evolution Medicijnen en Levenswetenschappen

robot Sociale wetenschappen

Technology Medicijnen en Levenswetenschappen

Deep Brain Stimulation Medicijnen en Levenswetenschappen

Ethics Medicijnen en Levenswetenschappen

Military Sociale wetenschappen

Values Sociale wetenschappen

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Profielen

Chirag Arora, MSc

c.arora@tue.nl

Faculteit Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Philosophy & Ethics - Promovendus

Persoon: Prom. : Promovendus

Mandi Astola

m.a.astola@tue.nl

Faculteit Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Philosophy & Ethics - Promovendus

Persoon: Prom. : Promovendus

Gunter Bombaerts

G.Bombaerts@tue.nl

Faculteit Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Philosophy & Ethics - Universitair Docent

Persoon: UD : Universitair Docent

Projecten 2009 2022

4 Geëindigd
6 Actief

Scaling up Co-creation: Avenues and Limits for Integrating Society in Science and Innovation

Bombaerts, G., Bombaerts, G., Tsui, S., Astola, M., Laes, E. J. W., Wieczorek, A. J., Spahn, A., Benckhuijsen - Mertens, P., Reymen, I. M. M. J. & Royakkers, L. M. M.

Technical University of Munich

1/05/18 → 31/07/21

Project: Onderzoek direct

Working with or against the machine? Optimizing human-robot collaboration in logistic warehouses

Le Blanc, P. M. & Berkers, H. A.

1/04/18 → 31/07/20

Project: Onderzoek direct

Working ‘with’ or ‘against’ the machine? Optimizing human-robot collaboration in logistic warehouses

Smids, J., Le Blanc, P. M. & Le Blanc, P. M.

1/04/18 → 31/07/20

Project: Onderzoek direct

Onderzoeksoutput 1985 2020

5 Citaties (Scopus)

Automated cars meet human drivers: responsible human-robot coordination and the ethics of mixed traffic

Nyholm, S. & Smids, J., 2020, In : Ethics and Information Technology. blz. 1-10 10 blz.

Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review

Open Access

robot

Railroad cars

driver

moral philosophy

traffic

Book review: Achim Brunnengraber, Maria Rosaria Di Nucci (Eds.), Conflicts, Participation and Acceptability in Nuclear Waste Governance - An International Comparison, Vol. III (2019), ISBN: 978-3658271060

Laes, E., 1 jan 2020, In : Energy. 190, 2 blz., 116406.

Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review

Challenge based introductory ethics course at TU/e

Bombaerts, G., 2020.

Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan congres › Poster › Academic

Datasets

Dataset: "Inbreeding, Allee effects and stochasticity might be sufficient to account for Neanderthal extinction"

Vaesen, K. (Ontwerper), Scherjon, F. (Ontwerper), PLoS ONE, 2019

Dataset

Prijzen

1st prize #IkSchrijf Award 2017

Marjolein Lanzing (Ontvanger), 2017

Prijs: Anders › Discipline gerelateerd › Professioneel

Bestand

moral philosophy

1st Prize in Safety Category Data4Refugees

Erika Frydenlund (Ontvanger), Ross Gore (Ontvanger), Meltem Y. Sener (Ontvanger), Christine G. van Burken (Ontvanger), Christa DeKock (Ontvanger) & Engin Bozdag (Ontvanger), 21 jan 2019

Prijs: Anders › Werk, activiteit of publicatie gerelateerde prijzen (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Wetenschappelijk