Events Archive
Monday, August 20, 2012
Moral Emotions and Risk Politics Conference
20-22 augustus 2012
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Keynote speakers:
Marjolein van Asselt (Maastricht University, WRR)
Sven Ove Hansson (KTH Stockholm)
Rebecca Kukla (Georgetown University)
George Marcus (Williams College)
Jesse Prinz (City University of New York)
Friday, July 27, 2012
Well-being in Contemporary Society-Conference 2012
International Conference on the Philosophy and Science of Well-being and their Practical Importance
Location: University of Twente Enschede, Netherlands
Date: July 26-27, 2012
Program Chair: Philip Brey (University of Twente)
Organising committee: Johnny Hartz Søraker (University of Twente) Pak-Hang Wong (University of Twente) Jan-Willem van der Rijt (University of Amsterdam) Jelle de Boer (University of Amsterdam)
Monday, June 25, 2012
Values and Norms in Modeling - VaNiM 2012
We invite submissions for the upcoming conference Values and Norms in Modeling (VaNiM 2012) which will be held at Eindhoven University of Technology in cooperation with Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, June 25-27, 2012.
It is widely acknowledged that a large variety of values and norms (including epistemic, moral, and political values and norms) play an important role in modeling. Although the literature about value-free science is huge, the specific theme of values and norms exclusively focusing on modeling has not yet received the attention it should. Models are often conceived of as being approximate representations with epistemic or even non-epistemic purposes, which makes them subject to a plethora of normative influences. We are interested in questions such as: How do epistemic and non-epistemic values affect the production and assessment of models? What is the moral significance of these values and norms? To what extent, if any, does the allowance of value assessments threaten the objectivity of models? Would it be desirable, and possible, to eliminate epistemic or non-epistemic values and norms from models? We invite papers addressing these and related issues from a foundational as well as an applied perspective. We especially welcome contributions on non-epistemic values in engineering modeling, climate modeling and modeling in operations research.
Friday, June 08, 2012
Epistemological Problems of Privacy and Secrecy Conference
The purpose of the 2012 Episteme conference is to take some first steps towards establishing ‘the epistemology of privacy’ as an important new area of epistemological investigation. In particular, this conference aims to elucidate the role knowledge plays in the privacy debate. Furthermore, given the relation between privacy and secrecy, this conference also aims to investigate the notion of secrecy as an epistemological notion. The theme of the conference thus is ‘Epistemological Issues of Privacy and Secrecy’.
Place: NH Hotel The Hague
Date: June 8, 9 and 10 2012
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Workshop “Persuasive Technology for Health and Wellness”
Workshop “Persuasive Technology for Health and Wellness”
TU/Eindhoven, November 28 and 29, 2011
Organizing Committee: Felicitas Kraemer, Jaap Ham, Philip Nickel, and Andreas Spahn
Key-Note Speakers: Reinder Haakma, (Philips); Arie Dijkstra, (University of Groningen, Social Psychology); Soren Holm, (University of Manchester, Bioethics)
Workshop Language: Dutch (main language) & English
The aim of the workshop is to bring together stakeholders and researchers in the field of emerging persuasive technologies for healthcare and well-being. How can technology support physicians and patients to restore health and treat diseases? How can it stimulate adherence to a healthy life-style? What are the different design principles, ethical issues and psychological mechanisms surrounding the use of these technologies for hospital and home-care, e-health, diagnosis and prevention? What are the institutional, legal and technical issues linked to these technologies? The workshop is meant to explore the most pressing issues surrounding these technologies and set the agenda for future research in this field. The focus will be on how research in ethics and HTI (Human-Technology Interaction) can help address these issues, bringing stakeholders and scientists together.
Background:
The physician-patient relationship is very special from an ethical point of view. It involves relations of trust, care, diligence and professionalism. But this age-old interpersonal relationship is nowadays increasingly mediated by technology. This technology can no longer be seen as a neutral instrument in the hand of professional, because it is being used to take over or assist some of the physician’s tasks that in the past only humans could do, such as diagnosis, communication (e.g., telemedicine), and storage/retrieval/search of medical records.
A striking example of a technology that takes over human tasks is persuasive healthcare technology. Persuasive technology in the health-care domain motivates people to lead a healthier life style by mediating prevention and treatment. Such technology is extremely promising in cases where behavior is a key part of maintaining or improving one’s health. But it also raises many ethical issues for ethics, psychology, medicine and medical engineering. Our 2 day workshop will bring together stakeholders and researchers to explore the ethical, psychological and technological issues surrounding persuasive technology in this domain.
The workshop will foster contacts between stakeholders, industry and researchers from different disciplines and lay the groundwork for a funding initiative in the field. Active participation and input is requested from all participants.
Registration is closed, but if you wish to participate, please send an email to Felicitas Kraemer .
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Workshop ‘Just War Theory and Practice’
September 24 to 26, we will conduct a workshop on “Just War Theory and Practice,” with keynote presentations from Prof. David Luban (Georgetown University) and Prof. Larry May (Vanderbilt University).
The workshop covers themes including conceptual issues in Just War Theory, rights or duties to intervene, and rights or duties to revolt.
The workshop features talks and commentaries from 16 internationally-known scholars in various related disciplines, including political science, law, and philosophy. The workshop will kick off with Public Keynote addresses on the evening of the 24th and feature two days of workshop sessions following.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
One-day workshop on Actions and Artefacts
One-day workshop on Actions and Artefacts
Tuesday 20 September, Eindhoven University of Technology
Time: 9:30 - 14:40.
Location: TU/e campus, IPO building, room 0.11
Thursday, September 08, 2011
VALUES AND NORMS IN MODELING (VaNiM 2012)
VALUES AND NORMS IN MODELING (VaNiM 2012)
June 25-27, 2012.
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Public lecture ‘Digital Media, Reconciliation & Rwanda’ by Batya Friedman
The Hague, September 7th, 7pm
Full title of the lecture: ‘Digital Media, Reconciliation & the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’
A lecture by Batya Friedman, professor at the Information School of the University of Washington, on their ‘Voices from the Rwanda Tribunal’ project. The lecture is organized by 3TU.Ethics in collaboration with three organizations in The Hague: the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, the T.M.C. Asser Institute and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. The lecture will be part of the regular Supranational Criminal Law Lecture Series of the latter three organizations. After the lecture there will be a reception.
For more information on the lecture, please see here.
Monday, September 05, 2011
1st Annual Amartya Sen Lecture: “Economics after The Idea of Justice”
The Hague, September 5th 2011, 7.45 - 9.30 pm
Supported by the UNDP Human Development Report Office, the annual Amartya Sen Lecture Series celebrates prof. Amartya Sen‘s important contributions to the fields of human development and capability. This lecture series is an initiative of the Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA). The first lecture in the series will be organized by the 3TU.Centre for Ethics and Technology, in collaboration with The Hague Institute for Global Justice.
More information on the lecture can be found here.