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Copyright

Jochem Zwier; Bas de Boer;

Published On

2024-10-16

Page Range

pp. 267–276

Language

  • English

Print Length

10 pages

Epilogue

The epilogue serves to highlight the lessons learned from the contributions to this edited volume. A first lesson is that it appears that phenomenology only is singular as a term, and that perhaps we must no longer speak of phenomenology of technology, but of phenomenologies of technologies. Secondly, we can also observe an increasingly distinct reaction to the mentioned pluralization of phenomenology. This reaction is anticipated by the critique of postphenomenology’s empiricism. The methodical chapters of the present volume further demonstrate this reaction, as it is becoming increasingly clear that next to ongoing pluralizing and interdisciplinary approaches, the ‘classical’ phenomenological question concerning the whole of being is resurfacing. The third lesson is that the early critique on phenomenology as lacking political and ethical thrust remains to be an issue in contemporary phenomenology of technology. We conclude with, giving the interest in bringing phenomenology and politics together, it is remarkable that Stiegler’s phenomenologically inspired politics of technology remains undiscussed throughout the volume. We suggest that this perspective opens up a fruitful avenue for future work in phenomenology of technology.

Contributors

Jochem Zwier

(author)
Researcher in philosophy of technology and Managing Director of the 4TU Centre for Ethics of Technology at Wageningen University & Research

Jochem Zwier is a researcher in philosophy of technology and Managing Director of the 4TU Centre for Ethics of Technology at Wageningen University. His work is situated at the intersection of philosophy of technology and environmental thought. His research interests include phenomenology, hermeneutics, and philosophical anthropology.

Bas de Boer

(author)
Assistant Professor at University of Twente

Bas de Boer is an Assistant Professor in the philosophy section at the University of Twente. His research focuses on how technologies shape our understanding and experience of ourselves and the world we live in, with a specific focus on technologies in healthcare. His research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, and (post) phenomenology of technology. He authored How Scientific Instruments Speak: Postphenomenology and Technological Mediations in Neuroscientific Practice (Lexington Books, 2021).