5000046 – Technikphilosophische Grundlagen der TA

Seminar Philosophical Foundations of Technology Assessment: An Introduction to Philosophy of Technology This seminar will be held in German and in English. The impact of technology on (human)nature and society is undeniably. Environmental disasters, advance in medicaltechnology as well as advances in algorithms and increase computational powerchange the world we live in, changes human nature, and also the way we thinkabout ourselves. Technologies raise particular philosophical questions and may putlongstanding philosophical disputes in a different light. This course aims to highlight some recent developments in philosophy of technology, thereby focusing on ethicaland epistemic aspects.The course thereby addresses students with and without philosophical education sofar and aims to provide the philosophical literacy as needed for technologyassessment. The seminar expects participants for 3 credit points to read the papers provided (in English language), participate in the discussion in class, and hand in the course assignments (questions or short essays to be handed in in written form).