Colloquia

Programme colloquia Department of Philosophy 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 15.45h

Marcus Düwell (Ethics Institute, University of Utrecht)

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 15.45h

Philip Nickel (Dept. of Philosophy, Eindhoven Technical University)

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 15.45h

Yoni van den Eede (Dept. of Philosophy, Free University Brussels, Belgium)

Thursday, June 14, 15.45h (joint colloquium with Steps Dept)

Alvise Mattozzi (University IUAV of Venezia / Free University of Bolzano, Italy

All colloquia are open to those who are interested. Please send a mail in case you want to attend to:

p.bruulsema@utwente.nl

Next colloquium:

Date:                Thu, April 19, 2012, 15.45h – 17.00h

Lecturer:           Yoni van den Eede (Free University Brussels)

Venue:             meeting room Chalet (CUB)

Title:                  

Amor Technologiae: Marshall McLuhan as Philosopher of Technology.

Abstract:

Can media theorist Marshall McLuhan be "read" as a full-blown philosopher of technology? In this presentation we attempt to do so, by reformulating his ideas in the context of a systematic "philosophy of media." The concept of "human-technology relationships" is deployed as guiding metaphor. And we proceed, practically, by synthesizing McLuhan's approach with that of contemporary philosophers of technology, hence constituting a crucial overall link between the disciplines of Media Ecology and contemporary Philosophy of Technology.

Profile:      

http://www.vub.ac.be/FILO/?page_id=21

Yoni Van Den Eede studeerde wijsbegeerte aan de VUB. Sinds oktober 2008 is hij verbonden aan de vakgroep Wijsbegeerte als aspirant van het FWO-Vlaanderen. Hij werkt aan een proefschrift met de titel ‘Amor technologiae. Een kritische reflectie op het gebruik van nieuwe informatietechnologie aan de hand van het werk van Marshall McLuhan en Andrew Feenberg’. Daarin onderzoekt hij digitale media vanuit fenomenologische, hermeneutische en praktisch-filosofische invalshoeken.