Agency across the Human and the Non-Human. Between Engineering and the Humanities

Workshop with c:o/re Senior Fellows Anna Laktionova, Masahiko Hara and Carl Mitcham from the Colorado School of Mines.

The workshop unfolds as a discussion format in which three presentations are followed by discussions and comments. From an engineering perspective, Masahiko Hara speaks about his research on living and non-living systems and their interaction. Following on from this, Anna Lationova points out some important differences for thinking together engineering and the humanities, introducing concepts of will and willpower in relation to technology. Finally, Carl Mitcham presents his remarks on a stronger integration of political philosophy in the philosophy of technology in a talk that is open to the public and marks the end of the workshop.