Conference Proceedings of Robophilosophy 2018 have been published!
IOS Press has announced the publishing of the Robophilosophy 2018 conference proceedings.
The volume, edited by Mark Coeckelbergh, Janina Loh, Michael Funk, Johanna Seibt, and Marco Nørskov, includes contributions to the conference, which took place earlier this year in Vienna.
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Interview with Mark Coeckelbergh: Close encounters with robots
Picture taken by Nana Thurner.
Interview with Mark Coeckelbergh: Close encounters with robots
In preparation of his inaugural lecture on May 10, Mark Coeckelbergh has been interviewed by Hanna Möller for the University's uni:view magazine. Find the article here.
Mark Coeckelbergh's inaugural lecture will take place on the Faculty's dies facultatis, May 10.
Venue: Großer Festsaal der Universität Wien
Time: 5 pm
Article in DerStandard on our technological future
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Article in DerStandard on our technological future
In the context of this term's Semesterfrage "Wie leben wir in der digitalen Zukunft?" Mark Coeckelbergh was asked to publish an article in the Austrian newspaper DerStandard. The article can be found here.
Moreover, he was interviewed by Theresa Dirtl on this question.
Michael Funk: "Drones @ combat"
Michael Funk, jointly with Bernhard Irrgang and Silvio Leuteritz, contributed a chapter - "Drones @ Combat – Enhanced Information Warfare and Combat Drone Responsibility" - to Filippo Santoni de Sio's and Ezio Di Nucci's (Eds.) volume Drones and Responsibility. Legal, Philosophical and Socio-Technical Perspectives on Remotely Controlled Weapons. It was published 2016 at Ashgate Publishing.
Discussion at the Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Ethics
In July 2016, Michał Piekarski discussed David Gunkel's and Mark Coeckelbergh's essay Facing Animals: A relational, Other-Oriented Approach to Moral Standing (October 2014). Both were published in the Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Ethics. D. Gunkel and M. Coeckelbergh had the chance to write a response to Michał Piekarski's paper. It is available open access here.
Swiss Portal for Philosophy: M. Coeckelbergh, J. Sombetzki and M. Funk
Mark Coeckelbergh, Janina Sombetzki and Michael Funk were invited to write blog entries for the "Zukunft und Philosophie" blog by the Swiss Portal for Philosophy:
- Mark Coeckelbergh: Hin zur totalen Automatisierung? Die Zukunft der Menschen und der Maschinen (August 30, 2016)
- Janina Sombetzki: Utopie der vollständigen Kontrolle - Über drei Kernelemente des Transhumanismus (August 9, 2016)
- Michael Funk: Wenn das Internet nicht vergisst, ist Vergebung dann möglich? Über den Wilden Westen, echte Männer und Zukunft durch Datenschutz (July 13, 2016)