Kroes, P.A. (Peter)
Research profile
Peter Kroes (1950 studied physical engineering at the University of Technology Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and wrote a Ph.D.-thesis on philosophical problems concerning the notion of time in modern physical theories (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1982).
Since 1995 he is professor in philosophy, more in particular philosophy of technology, at the University of Technology Delft. His main areas of interest are philosophy of technology and philosophy of science.
Important publications: Time: its structure and role in physical theories (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1985), Filosofie van de natuurkunde (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 1987), Technological development and science in the industrial age (Dordrecht: Kluwer Acad. Publishers, 1992), and Ideaalbeelden van wetenschap; een inleiding tot de wetenschapsfilosofie (Amsterdam: Boom, 1996).
3TU.Ethics Projects
Ethical issues in engineering design: safety and sustainabillity
Scientific publications (selection)
Hughes, J.L., P.A. Kroes, and S.D. Zwart. 2007. A Semantics for Means-End Relations. Synthese 158 (2):207-231.
van de Poel, Ibo, and Peter Kroes. 2006. Technology and Normativity. Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, Fall 2006, 10 (1):1-6.available online
Kroes, P.A. 2006. Coherence of Structural and Functional Descriptions of Technical Artefacts. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 137-151.available online
Kroes, P.A., M.P.M. Franssen, I.R. van de Poel, and M.M. Ottens. 2006. Treating Socio-Technical Systems as Engineering Systems: Some Conceptual Problems. Systems Research and Behavioral Science 23 (6):803-814.available online
Kroes, P.A., and A.W.M. Meijers, eds. 2006. Introduction: The Dual Nature of Technical Artefacts. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol. 37, issue1, 1-4.
Ottens, Maarten, Maarten Franssen, Peter Kroes, and Ibo van de Poel. 2006. Modelling Infrastructures as Socio-Technical Systems. International Journal of Critical Infrastructures 2 (2-3):133 - 145 available online
Reymen, I.M.M.J., D.K. Hammer, P.A. Kroes, J.E. van Aken, C.H. Dorst, M.F.T. Bax, and T. Basten. 2006. A Domain-Independent Descriptive Design Model and Its Application to Structured Reflection on Design Processes. Research in Engineering Design, 147-163.
Kroes, P.A. 2005. Philosophy of Technology. In The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by E. Craig. Milton Park, Oxon, UK: Routledge.available online
Professional/Popular publications (selection)
Kroes, P.A. 2005. Het Profiel van de TB-Ingenieur. In De Ontwikkeling van een Nieuw Type Ingenieur: Liber Amicorum Voor Simon A.G. Peerdeman, edited by [unknown]. Delft: Faculty Technology, Policy & Management, Delft University of Technology.
Kroes, P.A. 2005. Naar een Geschiedenis van de Filosofie van de Techniek; Een Kommentaar. Filosofie, 34-35.
Teaching
Philosophy of science
Philosophy of technology
Ethics and engineering
Critical thinking
