Philosophy Today

Volume 65, Issue 3, Summer 2021

Special Topic: Technology and Society

Massimiliano SimonsOrcid-ID, Mauritz KelchtermansOrcid-ID, Lode LauwaertOrcid-ID
Pages 459-464

Technology and Society

It is commonly accepted that technology and society have always been intertwined. The question is rather how we should understand that relation. This introduction to the special issue ‘Technology and Society’ gives a brief overview of the history of the questions related to this intertwinement. The special issue consists of six essays, emanating from presentations at the 2019 conference on Technology and Society at the Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven. It was organized by the Working Group on Philosophy of Technology (WGPT), whose aim is to promote philosophy of technology at the KU Leuven, but also more broadly in Belgium.