This workshop explores the borderlands of knowing, where knowledge claims are made and rejected, and where credibility is negotiated through appeals to evidence, replication, plausibility, and authority. Using concepts from …
This event is part of our winter term 2025/26 Lecture Series Digital Complexity: Beyond Human Understanding. If you would like to attend, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
Abstract: The lecture presents various historical and contemporary concepts of digitality that highlight the three characteristics of digital systems: discreteness, arbitrariness, and systematicity. In short, digitality is often understood as …
Europe stands at a crossroads: Political polarization, disinformation, and social fragmentation threaten the cohesion of our continent. National interests clash, while external crises put increasing pressure on our democracies. At …
Abstract: In my presentation, I examine the digital culture of public administration in Switzerland from 1960 to 1990. The perspective on Switzerland is significant for the history of computing because …
Abstract: Digital complexity eludes human understanding not only because it is based on the synchronization of incommensurable systems, but also because each of these systems operates stochastically. We owe this …
The KHK c:o/re is proud to host the 8th edition of the international conference on History and Philosophy of Computing (HaPoC), taking place every two years under the auspices of …
Abstract: Why are computational chemists so peculiar ? The history of their relationship with software brings an interesting case study to understand how software may shape scientific activity. We present …
Abstract: The aim of this talk is to present the PROGRAMme project, a collective work amongst researchers from diverse disciplinary and ideological backgrounds who met for several years to work …
Abstract: While the American Philosophical Association's Committee on Philosophy and Computers started its mission with community tech help and suggestions, the path proceeded through technique, practice, and application to philosophy. …
This event is part of our winter term 2025/26 Lecture Series Digital Complexity: Beyond Human Understanding. If you would like to attend, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
Abstract: The assumption that economic, technological and scientific development is driven by technological determinism is widespread in politics, business, and society, as well as among scientists and engineers. A notable …
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