Interpreting Technology

Mark Coeckelbergh is professor of the philosophy of media and technology at the University of Vienna. Alberto Romele is research associate at the IZEW, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities, University of Tübingen.Wessel Reijers is postdoctoral Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.

• Introduction: Hermeneutic Philosophy of Technology: A Research ProgramAlberto Romele, Wessel Reijers, Mark CoeckelberghPart I: Ricoeur and Theories of TechnologyChapter 1: Ricoeur’s Polysemy of Technology and its Reception - Ernst WolffChapter 2: Postphenomenology and the Hermeneutic Ambiguity of Technology – Eoin CarneyChapter 3: Let’s Narrate That Symmetry! Ricoeur and Latour – Jonne Hoek, Bas de Boer Chapter 4: Ricoeur’s Critical Theory of Technology – David Kaplan Chapter 5: Free the Text! A Texture Turn in Philosophy of Technology – Bruno Gransche Part II: Ricoeur’s Ethics of TechnologyChapter 6: Narrative Self-Exposure on Social Media: From Ricoeur to Arendt in the Digital Age – Annemie Halsema Chapter 7: Digital Hermeneutics: Will the Real Quantified Self Please Stand Up? – Noel Fitzpatrick Chapter 8: The Pedagogical Relation in a Technological Age – David Lewin Chapter 9: Prostheses as Narrative Technologies: Bioethical Considerations for Prosthetic Applications in Health C

This ambitious volume exploits Ricouer’s hermeneutics to develop essential guidance to our interpreting multiple dimensions of our lives and concerns vis-à-vis technology broadly and specific technologies such as AI and social media. Going well beyond central schools in contemporary philosophy of technology, such as postphenomenology and the Frankfurt School, it thereby enables us to better respond to these concerns in more ethical and genuinely emancipatory directions. Individual chapters, encapsulated by the editors’ overarching insights, offer a rich tapestry of critique, insight, and foundations for most promising new directions in philosophy of technology.