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At Adam Henschke's talk this week on the danger of augmented reality, an audience member discovered a Pokemon Go character in attendance.

13.03.2026 14:39 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
UT Philosophy Professor Mieke Boon interviewed on Kitty Koelemeijer Podcast Mieke Boon, Full Professor of Philosophy of Science in Practice at the University of Twente, was interviewed (in Dutch) this week on the Kitty Koelemeijer Podcast for the episode "Wetenschap, Filosofi...

UT Philosophy Professor Mieke Boon interviewed on Kitty Koelemeijer Podcast:
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

13.03.2026 14:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Intimacy and AI: what can sex robots teach us about human relationships? - Stories A partner who always listens, never gets angry and does exactly what you want. What does that mean for how we think about intimacy? PhD researcher Maaike van der Horst investigates at the University o...

What happens to our ideas about relationships when technology can create a partner who always listens, never gets angry and adapts entirely to your wishes?

That question lies at the heart of the PhD research of UT Philosophy PhD Maaike van der Horst.

www.utwente.nl/en/stories/s...

#utwente #BMS

13.03.2026 14:10 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Technopolitical Mediation Technologies, by mediating our political interpretations and interactions, inform the way in which political communities are formed.This book investigates techn…

New book published by UT Philosophy PhD alumna Melis Bas on "Technopolitical Mediation: An Arendtian Approach to Political Philosophy of Technology"
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/technopol...

13.03.2026 09:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Launch event for Michel Bourban's new book on Eco-Anxiety and Ecological Citizenship Michel Bourban, Assistant Professor in Environmental Ethics at the UT, whose research is centered on climate justice, planetary justice, sustainability, eco-anxiety, and global citizenship, has publis...

Launch event for UT philosophy professor Michel Bourban's new open-access book on Eco-Anxiety and Ecological Citizenship on 9 March:
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

05.03.2026 14:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For some months I’ve been working on my photoseries ‘Betting on Enschede’.
Following 5 different collectives in Enschede who are building their new physical space.

Their dedication to spend time, energy and money to build a space is amazing

Will be showing at the @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social warming

20.02.2026 22:02 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
DAY 2

Programme

09:00-10:30 Panel Three: "Managing" Technologies (Laws and Responsibility the Age of Al) - Reframing Laws

Keynote: Gergely Deli, Ludovika University of Public Service

Reactor: Zsolt Zödi, Ludovika University of Public Service

Moderated Discussion and Q&A: Mathis Bitton, Harvard University

Catolica de Cas nal Comp hed monte oft and

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

Reframing Ontology 11:00-12:30 Panel Four: Rationality and Creativity in the Age of Al-

Keynote 1: Vincent Blok, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Keynote 2: Nolen Gertz, University of Twente

Reactor: Johanna Fröhlich, Ludovika University of Public Service

Moderated Discussion and Q&A: Luca Valera, Universidad de Valladolid

12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks by Pier Paolo Pigozzi

12:45-14:00 Lunch

DAY 2 Programme 09:00-10:30 Panel Three: "Managing" Technologies (Laws and Responsibility the Age of Al) - Reframing Laws Keynote: Gergely Deli, Ludovika University of Public Service Reactor: Zsolt Zödi, Ludovika University of Public Service Moderated Discussion and Q&A: Mathis Bitton, Harvard University Catolica de Cas nal Comp hed monte oft and 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break Reframing Ontology 11:00-12:30 Panel Four: Rationality and Creativity in the Age of Al- Keynote 1: Vincent Blok, Erasmus University Rotterdam Keynote 2: Nolen Gertz, University of Twente Reactor: Johanna Fröhlich, Ludovika University of Public Service Moderated Discussion and Q&A: Luca Valera, Universidad de Valladolid 12:30-12:45 Closing Remarks by Pier Paolo Pigozzi 12:45-14:00 Lunch

Back to the conference for day 2, and for my talk thankfully after the coffee break...

27.02.2026 08:12 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Outside of Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest

Outside of Ludovika University of Public Service, Budapest

Inner courtyard

Inner courtyard

Lecture hall

Lecture hall

Conference programs

Conference programs

Nice venue for a conference...

26.02.2026 09:30 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Our next Philosophy of Science in Practice Colloquium will be Thursday 5 March, 15:45 – 17:30.   Prof Raphaël Lévy "Questioning the reproducibility of scientific publications"   Abstract Sci... Our next Philosophy of Science in Practice Colloquium will be Thursday 5 March, 15:45 – 17:30.   Prof Raphaël Lévy "Questioning the reproducibility of scientific publications"   Abstract Science is su...

Our next Philosophy of Science in Practice Colloquium will be Thursday 5 March, 15:45 – 17:30.

Prof Raphaël Lévy
"Questioning the reproducibility of scientific publications"
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

02.03.2026 10:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Our next Tech Values Colloquium will take place on March 12 (15:45 – 17:30). Adam Henschke will present a paper titled "An Existential Risk To Democracy? AI, post-reality technologies, and… | U... Our next Tech Values Colloquium will take place on March 12 (15:45 – 17:30). Adam Henschke will present a paper titled "An Existential Risk To Democracy? AI, post-reality technologies, and epistemic...

Our next Tech Values Colloquium will take place on March 12 (15:45 – 17:30).

Adam Henschke will present a paper titled "An Existential Risk To Democracy? AI, post-reality technologies, and epistemic secession"
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

02.03.2026 10:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
UT Philosophy PhD candidate Maaike van der Horst interviewed about her sex robots research Maaike van der Horst, PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Twente, was interviewed this week by the newspaper Tubantia about her PhD research into sex robots.

UT Philosophy PhD candidate Maaike van der Horst interviewed about her sex robots research:
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

20.02.2026 11:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can only agree! Where else can you find an international program illuminating such timely and intriguing topics interdisciplinarily, with a small & diverse cohort allowing immense personal and professional growth? … And hang out with your peers and professors to watch and discuss movies on tech?

12.02.2026 19:04 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cynthia studies the Master's in Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society: “I’m learning to see the bigger picture.” - Stories “What’s special about this programme is how it brings together so many different disciplines. It’s at these intersections — where society meets science, technology, and ethics — that we find some of t...

"This programme is perfect for people like me who are curious about the world and don’t want to be boxed into one area. I love how it brings together science, technology, ethics, and the way the world works."
www.utwente.nl/en/stories/s...

12.02.2026 10:29 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
Slide from my design ethics lecture featuring the "myth of consensual sex" meme which I repurposed by inserting a killbot from Chopping Mall (1986) a movie that everyone, especially my students, should see

Slide from my design ethics lecture featuring the "myth of consensual sex" meme which I repurposed by inserting a killbot from Chopping Mall (1986) a movie that everyone, especially my students, should see

Today's lecture...

10.02.2026 09:56 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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‘No & ...’ : A Forum on Technological Refusal - Home

On my way to Maastricht for some technological refusal (and for a keynote Friday morning on my new book)...
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal

04.02.2026 14:35 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Philosophy Colloquium Lecture - 19 Febuary 1545-1730 - Anna Leuschner University of Twente Philosophy Lectures 2025-2026

Our next University of Twente Philosophy Lecture will be delivered by Anna Leuschner (University Professor of Philosophy of Science, Bergische Universität Wuppertal) on "From Denial to Selective Ignorance: On the Old and New Strategies against Climate Protection":
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

04.02.2026 11:00 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The next Tech Values colloquium will take place on Thursday 12 February from 15:45 to 17:30 (room TBA). Maren Behrensen will present a paper titled "From Reproduction to Hallucination: Walter… | ... The next Tech Values colloquium will take place on Thursday 12 February from 15:45 to 17:30 (room TBA). Maren Behrensen will present a paper titled "From Reproduction to Hallucination: Walter Benjamin...

Our next Tech Values colloquium will take place on Thursday 12 February from 15:45 to 17:30.

Maren Behrensen (UT) will present a paper titled "From Reproduction to Hallucination: Walter Benjamin’s Artwork Essay and Contemporary Fascist Epistemologies":
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

29.01.2026 12:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Our first Human-Tech Colloquium of 2026 will take place on Thursday January 29 in RA2502 from 15.45 to 17.30 hrs.     "Technological Exhaustion and Inoperativity"   Authors:  Bas de Boer, Un... Our first Human-Tech Colloquium of 2026 will take place on Thursday January 29 in RA2502 from 15.45 to 17.30 hrs.     "Technological Exhaustion and Inoperativity"   Authors:  Bas de Boer, University o...

Our first Human-Tech Colloquium of 2026 will take place on Thursday January 29 in RA2502 from 15.45 to 17.30 hrs.

"Technological Exhaustion and Inoperativity"

www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

16.01.2026 11:01 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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UT philosophy professor Saana Jukola invited to join All European Academies (ALLEA) taskforce Saana Jukola, Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Health and Technology, was invited to join All European Academies (ALLEA) taskforce Strengthening Trust in Science.

UT philosophy professor Saana Jukola invited to join All European Academies (ALLEA) taskforce:
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

28.01.2026 08:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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UT philosophy professor Mieke Boon to give lecture on AI and Creativity at De Museum Fabriek on 3 February Mieke Boon, Full Professor of Philosophy of Science in Practice at the University of Twente, will be discussing the topic of "AI and Creativity" on February 3 at 2000 at De Museum Fabriek in Enschede:

UT philosophy professor Mieke Boon to give lecture on AI and Creativity at De Museum Fabriek on 3 February:
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

26.01.2026 12:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Interview with UT philosophy professor Nolen Gertz (@ethicistforhire.bsky.social) about Trump, ICE, NATO, and Greenland:

22.01.2026 10:02 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Philofilm screening of The Doll with UT philosophy PhD candidate Maaike van der Horst The next Philofilm at Concordia Film Theatre will be UT philosophy PhD candidate Maaike van der Horst presenting the classic Ernst Lubitch comedy The Doll:

Our next Philofilm 🎥 screening will be UT philosophy PhD candidate Maaike van der Horst presenting the classic Ernst Lubitch comedy The Doll (1919):
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

21.01.2026 12:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Our first Human-Tech Colloquium of 2026 will take place on Thursday January 29 in RA2502 from 15.45 to 17.30 hrs.     "Technological Exhaustion and Inoperativity"   Authors:  Bas de Boer, Un... Our first Human-Tech Colloquium of 2026 will take place on Thursday January 29 in RA2502 from 15.45 to 17.30 hrs.     "Technological Exhaustion and Inoperativity"   Authors:  Bas de Boer, University o...

Our first Human-Tech Colloquium of 2026 will take place on Thursday January 29 in RA2502 from 15.45 to 17.30 hrs.

"Technological Exhaustion and Inoperativity"

www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

16.01.2026 11:01 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Philosophy Colloquium Lecture - 22 January 1545-1730 - Darryl Cressman and Massimiliano Simons University of Twente Philosophy Lectures 2025-2026

University of Twente Philosophy Lectures 2025-2026

22 January 2026, 15:45-17:30

Darryl Cressman and Massimiliano Simons
Department of Philosophy (Maastricht)

"The Many Histories of the Empirical Turn: The History of the Philosophy of Technology in the Netherlands"
www.utwente.nl/en/bms/phil/...

15.01.2026 10:27 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Our next Tech Values colloquium will take place on Thursday January 15th from 15:45 to 17:30. UT Philosophy PhD candidate Linde Franken will be presenting a paper titled "Towards… | University ... Our next Tech Values colloquium will take place on Thursday January 15th from 15:45 to 17:30. UT Philosophy PhD candidate Linde Franken will be presenting a paper titled "Towards an animal-friendly ...

Our next Tech Values colloquium will take place on Thursday January 15th from 15:45 to 17:30.

UT Philosophy PhD candidate Linde Franken will be presenting the paper "Towards an animal-friendly energy transition: a framework for interspecies cosmopolitan justice":
www.linkedin.com/posts/univer...

07.01.2026 11:11 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

University of Twente gets a lot of ❤️ in this video from an American instagrammer:

23.12.2025 10:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Filosoof Nolen Gertz schrijft in
Nihilism and Technology dat
het nihilisme ons laat kennis-
maken met hoe het is om dood
te zijn. Het is als een voorproef-
je van het hiernamaals, aange-
zien het ons van de lasten van het
leven bevrijdt. Introspectie, besluitvorming,
onzekerheid, ­ eenzaamheid, verantwoordelijk-
heid: het verdwijnt als sneeuw voor de zon. Ons
bewustzijn is dan wat we opofferen in ruil voor
onsterfelijkheid.
Het is waar Gertz bladzijde na bladzijde op
hamert: we onderschatten hoe sterk onze nihili-
stische verlangens zijn. Helemaal in combinatie
met digitale technologie. Want zie de mens zich-
zelf nou toch omringen met schermen: eerst de
televisie die langzaam onze aandacht naar zich
toe zoog en tegenwoordig de mobieltjes in onze
broekzak die op elk moment van de dag tevoor-
schijn gehaald kunnen worden, met de eindeloze
scrol aan geestdodende filmpjes waardoor we ons
laten meevoeren. We verworden tot een couch
potato. En vinden het heerlijk. Daar ligt de crux
volgens Gertz: digitale technologie neemt onze
tijd, ruimte, gedachtes en gevoelens in beslag en
dat boezemt ons geen angst in, maar is ­ precies
wat we willen. Zijn dat geen voortekenen?
AI zal deze nihilistische neigingen, deze vlucht
uit de realiteit, alleen maar versterken. Het zal
ons bestaan niet verrijken, maar ons vooral hel-
pen om minder mens te hoeven zijn. Het is al
begonnen: de meeste mensen gebruiken AI als
een coach, psycholoog of adviseur. De machi-
ne moet ons vertellen wie we zijn, wat we leuk
vinden, wat we moeten doen. ‘Hoe moet ik deze
ruzie met mijn partner oplossen? Zou je me aan-
raden ander werk te zoeken? Zal ik een bod uit-
brengen op dit huis, of beter even wachten?’ We
smachten ernaar om onze eigen Gena tot onze
beschikking te hebben.

Filosoof Nolen Gertz schrijft in Nihilism and Technology dat het nihilisme ons laat kennis- maken met hoe het is om dood te zijn. Het is als een voorproef- je van het hiernamaals, aange- zien het ons van de lasten van het leven bevrijdt. Introspectie, besluitvorming, onzekerheid, ­ eenzaamheid, verantwoordelijk- heid: het verdwijnt als sneeuw voor de zon. Ons bewustzijn is dan wat we opofferen in ruil voor onsterfelijkheid. Het is waar Gertz bladzijde na bladzijde op hamert: we onderschatten hoe sterk onze nihili- stische verlangens zijn. Helemaal in combinatie met digitale technologie. Want zie de mens zich- zelf nou toch omringen met schermen: eerst de televisie die langzaam onze aandacht naar zich toe zoog en tegenwoordig de mobieltjes in onze broekzak die op elk moment van de dag tevoor- schijn gehaald kunnen worden, met de eindeloze scrol aan geestdodende filmpjes waardoor we ons laten meevoeren. We verworden tot een couch potato. En vinden het heerlijk. Daar ligt de crux volgens Gertz: digitale technologie neemt onze tijd, ruimte, gedachtes en gevoelens in beslag en dat boezemt ons geen angst in, maar is ­ precies wat we willen. Zijn dat geen voortekenen? AI zal deze nihilistische neigingen, deze vlucht uit de realiteit, alleen maar versterken. Het zal ons bestaan niet verrijken, maar ons vooral hel- pen om minder mens te hoeven zijn. Het is al begonnen: de meeste mensen gebruiken AI als een coach, psycholoog of adviseur. De machi- ne moet ons vertellen wie we zijn, wat we leuk vinden, wat we moeten doen. ‘Hoe moet ik deze ruzie met mijn partner oplossen? Zou je me aan- raden ander werk te zoeken? Zal ik een bod uit- brengen op dit huis, of beter even wachten?’ We smachten ernaar om onze eigen Gena tot onze beschikking te hebben.

Some #NihilismAndTechnology in De Groene Amsterdammer today...
www.groene.nl/artikel/wat-...

18.12.2025 14:38 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Dinner at University of Twente

Dinner at University of Twente

Movie theater

Movie theater

Celebrating the holidays with @utwentephilosophy.bsky.social with dinner on campus and then Running Man at the movie theater...

16.12.2025 17:13 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Sounds like a @utwentephilosophy.bsky.social MSc thesis topic...

16.12.2025 07:21 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Michael Nagenborg, University of Twente

Michael Nagenborg, University of Twente

Julia Hermann and Elias König in the Ravelijn Building of the University of Twente

Julia Hermann and Elias König in the Ravelijn Building of the University of Twente

University of Twente philosophy professors Michael Nagenborg and Julia Hermann interviewed by German News about the state of international students in the Netherlands:
www.ardmediathek.de/video/lokalz...

12.12.2025 14:45 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0