2022
Hopster, J. K. G.; Arora, C.; Blunden, C.; Eriksen, C.; Frank, L. E.; Hermann, J. S.; Klenk, M. B. O. T.; O’Neill, E. R. H.; Steinert, S.
Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions Journal Article
In: Inquiry, pp. 1–33, 2022, ISSN: 1502-3923, (This article gives a useful overview of the literature on technomoral revolutions, and suggests different ways in which values may change.).
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Health Policy, philosophy, theme:value-change, value dynamics
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title = {Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions},
author = {J. K. G. Hopster and C. Arora and C. Blunden and C. Eriksen and L. E. Frank and J. S. Hermann and M. B. O. T. Klenk and E. R. H. O’Neill and S. Steinert},
doi = {10.1080/0020174x.2022.2090434},
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Poel, Ibo; Kudina, Olya
Understanding Technology-Induced Value Change: a Pragmatist Proposal Journal Article
In: Philos. Technol., vol. 35, no. 2, 2022, ISSN: 2210-5441, (This article proposes a pragmatist understanding of why and how values may change.).
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: History and Philosophy of Science, philosophy, theme:value-change, value dynamics
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title = {Understanding Technology-Induced Value Change: a Pragmatist Proposal},
author = {Ibo Poel and Olya Kudina},
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year = {2022},
date = {2022-06-00},
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journal = {Philos. Technol.},
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</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey’s writings on value, we propose to understand values as evaluative devices that carry over from earlier experiences and that are to some extent shared in society. We discuss the various functions that values fulfil in moral inquiry and propose a conceptual framework that helps to understand value change as the interaction between three manifestations of value distinguished by Dewey, i.e., “immediate value,” “values as the result of inquiry” and “generalized values.” We show how this framework helps to distinguish three types of value change: value dynamism, value adaptation, and value emergence, and we illustrate these with examples from the domain of technology. We argue that our account helps to better understand how technology may induce value change, namely through the creation of what Dewey calls indeterminate situations, and we show how our account can integrate several insights on (techno)moral change offered by other authors.</jats:p>},
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<jats:title>Abstract
</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey’s writings on value, we propose to understand values as evaluative devices that carry over from earlier experiences and that are to some extent shared in society. We discuss the various functions that values fulfil in moral inquiry and propose a conceptual framework that helps to understand value change as the interaction between three manifestations of value distinguished by Dewey, i.e., “immediate value,” “values as the result of inquiry” and “generalized values.” We show how this framework helps to distinguish three types of value change: value dynamism, value adaptation, and value emergence, and we illustrate these with examples from the domain of technology. We argue that our account helps to better understand how technology may induce value change, namely through the creation of what Dewey calls indeterminate situations, and we show how our account can integrate several insights on (techno)moral change offered by other authors.</jats:p>
</jats:title><jats:p>We propose a pragmatist account of value change that helps to understand how and why values sometimes change due to technological developments. Inspired by John Dewey’s writings on value, we propose to understand values as evaluative devices that carry over from earlier experiences and that are to some extent shared in society. We discuss the various functions that values fulfil in moral inquiry and propose a conceptual framework that helps to understand value change as the interaction between three manifestations of value distinguished by Dewey, i.e., “immediate value,” “values as the result of inquiry” and “generalized values.” We show how this framework helps to distinguish three types of value change: value dynamism, value adaptation, and value emergence, and we illustrate these with examples from the domain of technology. We argue that our account helps to better understand how technology may induce value change, namely through the creation of what Dewey calls indeterminate situations, and we show how our account can integrate several insights on (techno)moral change offered by other authors.</jats:p>
Wildt, T. E.; Poel, I. R.; Chappin, E. J. L.
Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets Journal Article
In: Science, Technology, & Human Values, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 429–458, 2022, ISSN: 1552-8251.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Anthropology, Economics and Econometrics, human-computer interaction, philosophy, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Sociology and Political Science, theme:value-change
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title = {Tracing Long-term Value Change in (Energy) Technologies: Opportunities of Probabilistic Topic Models Using Large Data Sets},
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<jats:p>We propose a new approach for tracing value change. Value change may lead to a mismatch between current value priorities in society and the values for which technologies were designed in the past, such as energy technologies based on fossil fuels, which were developed when sustainability was not considered a very important value. Better anticipating value change is essential to avoid a lack of social acceptance and moral acceptability of technologies. While value change can be studied historically and qualitatively, we propose a more quantitative approach that uses large text corpora. It uses probabilistic topic models, which allow us to trace (new) values that are (still) latent. We demonstrate the approach for five types of value change in technology. Our approach is useful for testing hypotheses about value change, such as verifying whether value change has occurred and identifying patterns of value change. The approach can be used to trace value change for various technologies and text corpora, including scientific articles, newspaper articles, and policy documents.</jats:p>
2021
Nagenborg, Margoth González Woge Taylor Stone Michael; Vermaas, Pieter (Ed.)
Technology and the City: Towards a Philosophy of Urban Technologies Book
Springer International Publishing, 2021, ISBN: 9783030523138.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: design for values, philosophy, responsible innovation, urban design, value:democracy
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title = {Technology and the City: Towards a Philosophy of Urban Technologies},
editor = {Margoth González Woge Taylor Stone Michael Nagenborg and Pieter Vermaas},
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year = {2021},
date = {2021-02-25},
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abstract = {The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish, and destroy the city. The chapters demonstrate how urban technologies shape, and are shaped, by fundamental concepts and principles such as citizenship, publicness, democracy, and nature. The many authors herein explore how to think of technologically mediated urban space as part of the human condition. The volume will thus contribute to the much-needed discussion on technology-enabled urban futures from the perspective of the philosophy of technology. This perspective also contributes to the discussion and process of making cities ‘smart’ and just. This collection appeals to students, researchers, and professionals within the fields of philosophy of technology, urban planning, and engineering.},
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The contributions in this volume map out how technologies are used and designed to plan, maintain, govern, demolish, and destroy the city. The chapters demonstrate how urban technologies shape, and are shaped, by fundamental concepts and principles such as citizenship, publicness, democracy, and nature. The many authors herein explore how to think of technologically mediated urban space as part of the human condition. The volume will thus contribute to the much-needed discussion on technology-enabled urban futures from the perspective of the philosophy of technology. This perspective also contributes to the discussion and process of making cities ‘smart’ and just. This collection appeals to students, researchers, and professionals within the fields of philosophy of technology, urban planning, and engineering.