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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 299-315 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal of responsible innovation |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 16 Jul 2018 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Sep 2018 |
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Keywords
- UT-Hybrid-D
- Ethics
- Technological mediation
- Normativity
- Postphenomenology
- Technology assessment
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Can the technological mediation approach improve technology assessment? A critical view from ‘within’. / de Boer, Bas (Corresponding Author); Hoek, Jonne; Kudina, Olga .
In: Journal of responsible innovation, Vol. 5, No. 3, 02.09.2018, p. 299-315.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - Can the technological mediation approach improve technology assessment? A critical view from ‘within’
AU - de Boer, Bas
AU - Hoek, Jonne
AU - Kudina, Olga
N1 - Taylor & Francis deal
PY - 2018/9/2
Y1 - 2018/9/2
N2 - The technological mediation approach aspires to complement current Technology Assessment (TA) practices. It aims to do so by addressing ethical concerns from ‘within’ human-technology relations leading to ethical Constructive Technology Assessment (eCTA), as articulated by Kiran, Asle H., Nelly Oudshoorn, and Peter-Paul Verbeek in their 2015 article. In this paper, we problematize this ambition. Firstly, we situate the technological mediation approach in the history of TA. Secondly, as a study into the normativity from ‘within’ human-technology relations, we reveal the phenomenological and existential origins of Verbeek's technological mediation approach. Thirdly, we show that there are two possible readings of this approach: a strong and a weak one. The weak reading can augment current TA practices but is eventually uncommitted to the idea of technological mediation. The strong reading defines a wholly new scope for our engagement with (emerging) technologies but is incompatible with existing TA approaches
AB - The technological mediation approach aspires to complement current Technology Assessment (TA) practices. It aims to do so by addressing ethical concerns from ‘within’ human-technology relations leading to ethical Constructive Technology Assessment (eCTA), as articulated by Kiran, Asle H., Nelly Oudshoorn, and Peter-Paul Verbeek in their 2015 article. In this paper, we problematize this ambition. Firstly, we situate the technological mediation approach in the history of TA. Secondly, as a study into the normativity from ‘within’ human-technology relations, we reveal the phenomenological and existential origins of Verbeek's technological mediation approach. Thirdly, we show that there are two possible readings of this approach: a strong and a weak one. The weak reading can augment current TA practices but is eventually uncommitted to the idea of technological mediation. The strong reading defines a wholly new scope for our engagement with (emerging) technologies but is incompatible with existing TA approaches
KW - UT-Hybrid-D
KW - Ethics
KW - Technological mediation
KW - Normativity
KW - Postphenomenology
KW - Technology assessment
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U2 - 10.1080/23299460.2018.1495029
DO - 10.1080/23299460.2018.1495029
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VL - 5
SP - 299
EP - 315
JO - Journal of responsible innovation
JF - Journal of responsible innovation
SN - 2329-9460
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