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18Why Neural Determinism is Not Real Determinism and Why Mental States Cannot ActAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 7 (4): 205-207. 2016.
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22The usual suspects: why techno-fixing dementia is flawedMedicine, Health Care and Philosophy 20 (1): 119-130. 2017.Dementia is highly prevalent and up until now, still incurable. If we may believe the narrative that is currently dominant in dementia research, in the future we will not have to suffer from dementia anymore, as there will be a simple techno-fix solution. It is just a matter of time before we can solve the growing public health problem of dementia. In this paper we take a critical stance towards overly positive narratives of techno-fixes by placing our empirical analysis of dementia research pro…Read more
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19Responsibility and Visioneering—Opening Pandora’s BoxNanoEthics 10 (1): 75-86. 2016.The number of publications that highlight the influence of visions and futuristic narratives on the development of emerging technologies increases. Toolboxes such as “Hermeneutical Technology Assessment” and “Vision Assessment” provide methodological considerations on how to assess techno-futuristic narratives, their proponents, and their impact on technological development. Because of their contributions to the technoscientific discourse, a special responsibility for technological processes is …Read more
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