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75Identifying the ethics of emerging information and communication technologies: An essay on issues, concepts and methodInternational Journal of Technoethics 1 (4): 20-38. 2010.Ethical issues of information and communication technologies (ICTs) are important because they can have significant effects on human liberty, happiness, and people’s ability to lead a good life. They are also of functional interest because they can determine whether technologies are used and whether their positive potential can unfold. For these reasons, policy makers are interested in finding out what these issues are and how they can be addressed. The best way of creating ICT policy that is se…Read more
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518Epistemological and phenomenological issues in the use of brain-computer interfacesIn C. Ess & R. Hagengruber (eds.), Proceedings of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy 2011 (pp. 98-102)., Mv-wissenschaft. 2011.Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are an emerging and converging technology that translates the brain activity of its user into command signals for external devices, ranging from motorized wheelchairs, robotic hands, environmental control systems, and computer applications. In this paper I functionally decompose BCI systems and categorize BCI applications with similar functional properties into three categories, those with (1) motor, (2) virtual, and (3) linguistic applications. I then analyse th…Read more
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2239Extended mind and cognitive enhancement: Moral aspects of cognitive artifactsPhenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 16 (1): 17-32. 2017.This article connects philosophical debates about cognitive enhancement and situated cognition. It does so by focusing on moral aspects of enhancing our cognitive abilities with the aid of external artifacts. Such artifacts have important moral dimensions that are addressed neither by the cognitive enhancement debate nor situated cognition theory. In order to fill this gap in the literature, three moral aspects of cognitive artifacts are singled out: their consequences for brains, cognition, and…Read more
Macquarie University
PhD, 2014
Tilburg, Netherlands
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Cognitive Science |
Philosophy of Technology |
Technology Ethics |
Extended Selves |
Neuroethics |
PhilPapers Editorships
Extended Selves |