Philosophy & Technology

Philosophy & Technology

ISSN: 2210-5433

website: http://www.springer.com/13347

submission: http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/

Description

Technologies have been changing the world for a long time, at an increasing pace, with ever expanding scope and unprecedented impact. They profoundly affect human life and are radically modifying not only how we interact with, shape, and make sense of our world, but also how we look at ourselves and understand our position and responsibilities in the universe. Technologies have brought enormous benefits and opportunities, but they have also raised new and pressing challenges, whose complexity and global dimensions are rapidly expanding and evolving.

Philosophy & Technology addresses such challenges, in order to improve our critical understanding of the conceptual nature and practical consequences of technologies, and hence provide the conceptual foundations for their fruitful and sustainable developments. The journal aims to publish the best research produced in all areas where philosophy and technology meet. It welcomes high-quality submissions, regardless of the tradition, school of thought or disciplinary background from which they derive. The editorial board reflects this approach in its composition and its world-wide membership.

The range of coverage is very broad and interdisciplinary. It includes classic problems in philosophy of technology and original approaches to them, theories of technology, methods and concepts in technology, as well as theoretical topics and topics dealing with practical problems concerning the nature, the development and the implications of technologies. Particular attention is paid to new areas of philosophical interest – such as nanotechnologies, medical, genetic and biotechnologies, neurotechnologies, information and communication technologies, AI and robotics, or the philosophy of engineering – and the philosophical discussion of issues such as environmental risks, globalization, security, or biological enhancements. The journal encourages submissions on the applications of philosophy of technology to other disciplines, such as computer science, cognitive science, jurisprudence, social studies of science, and the social sciences.

The journal presents philosophical research in a way that is free from unnecessary technicalities, yet faithful to its technological contents. Its aim is not only to identify, explain and discuss problems, but also to suggest interpretations and constructive solutions. It considers the historical and social dimensions of technologies as a valuable context for understanding current philosophical issues arising from them.

The journal is aimed at a broad readership, drawn not only from philosophy but also from the theoretical and the applied sciences, the humanities, professional organisations, R&D institutions, and policy-making sectors in political institutions and in business and industry.


Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Luciano Floridi, University of Hertfordshire, UK and University of Oxford, UK

Editorial Assistant
Penny Driscoll, University of Hertfordshire, UK

Executive Editorial Board
Adam Briggle, University of North Texas, USA
Steve Clarke, University of Oxford, UK
Inmaculada de Melo-Martin, Weil Cornell Medical College, USA
Søren Riis, Roskilde University, Denmark
Federica Russo, University of Kent, UK
Evan Selinger, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Pieter E. Vermaas, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Scientific Editorial Board
Albert Borgmann, University of Montana, USA
Philip Brey, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Ruth Chadwick, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Hasok Chang, University College London, UK
Andy Clark, University of Edinburgh, UK
William H. Dutton, University of Oxford, UK
Charles Ess, Aarhus University, Denmark
Andrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University, Canada
David E. Goldberg, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Sven Ove Hansson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Eric Higgs, University of Victoria, Canada
Jeroen van den Hoven, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Don Ihde, Stoney Brook University, NY, USA
Peter Kroes, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Gang Liu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
Donald A MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Diane Michelfelder, Macalester College, USA
Carl Mitcham, Colorado School of Mines, USA
Junichi Murata, University of Tokyo, Japan
Joseph C. Pitt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, USA
Julian Savulescu , University of Oxford, UK
P.K. Shetty, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India
Mary Tiles, University of Hawaii, USA
Sherry Turkle, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Peter-Paul Verbeek, University of Twente and Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Langdon Winner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Stephen Woolgar, University of Oxford, UK
Guosheng Wu, Peking University, China

Scope and types of publications
Philosophy & Technology publishes:

• research articles, presenting original results (usually no longer than 10,000 words);
• target articles with invited, short commentaries, directing attention to interesting, new theoretical ideas. Target articles are selected by the editorial board among the research articles accepted for publication. Commentaries may include revised reviews of the original submission;
• review articles (usually no longer than 10,000 words), which comprehensively synthesise and critically assess recent, original works or a selected collection of thematically related books, in important areas of research in philosophy of technology;
• commentaries, brief (maximum 2,000 words) articles that comment on articles published previously; book symposia, in which up to four commentators are invited to debate an influential book with the author, who answers with a concluding reply (total length usually no longer than 10,000 words). A symposium might revisit a book and its impact a decade or more after its appearance;
• special issues, in which an expert collaborates with the journal as a guest editor, in order to identify an interesting topic in philosophy of technology, and interacts with the selected contributors, being in charge of a whole issue of the journal. The journal strongly encourages submissions of collections of high-quality papers on well-defined topics presented at academic meetings (e.g. a workshop, a conference, or a symposium). It invites potential guest-editors, who might be interested in collecting and editing such special issue, to contact the Assistant Editor as early as possible in order to discuss the feasibility of the project;
• focused debates, collecting submissions and invited articles around a particular theme, as part of a normal issue of the journal.

Authors wishing to submit a reply article, or a proposal for a review article, a book symposium, a special issue or a focused debate, are invited to contact the Assistant Editor for further information, Mrs Penny Driscoll, p.j.driscoll2@herts.ac.uk