I am an assistant professor in the philosophy section. My research focuses on how technologies shape our understanding and experience of our selves and the world we live in, with a specific focus on technologies in healthcare. My research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, and (post)phenomenology of technology
Expertise
Psychology
- Humans
- Disgust
- Health
- Attention
Social Sciences
- Technology
- Diagnosis
- Machines
- Scientific Equipment
Organisations
Publications
2024
The combination of brain stimulation and brain imaging technologies in the cognitive neurosciences: Problematizing the "Convergence Hypothesis" (2024)In The Routledge Handbook of Causality and Causal Methods (pp. 353-363). Taylor and Francis A.S.. de Boer, B.https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003528937-39Introduction: Articulating the phenomenological legacy of the philosophy of technology (2024)In Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology (pp. 1-24). Open Book Publishers. Zwier, J. & de Boer, B.https://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0421.00Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology (2024)[Book/Report › Book]. OpenBook Publishers. de Boer, B. S. O. M. & Zwier, J.https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0421Insect consumption and aesthetic disgust: Using design fiction to imagine novel food experiences (2024)International Journal of Food Design, 9(2), 245-265. Boer, B. d. & Lemke, M.https://doi.org/10.1386/ijfd_00065_1Disrupted self, therapy, and the limits of conversational AI (2024)Philosophical Psychology (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Babushkina, D. & de Boer, B. S. O. M.https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2024.2397004Large language models, politics, and the functionalization of language (2024)AI and Ethics (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Kudina, O. & de Boer, B.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-024-00564-wNegotiating becoming: a Nietzschean critique of large language models (2024)Ethics and information technology, 26(3). Article 42. Fischer, S. W. S. & Boer, B. d.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-024-09783-5
2023
Empowerment: Freud, Canguilhem and Lacan on the ideal of health promotion (2023)Medicine, health care and philosophy, 26(3), 301-311. de Boer, B. & Aydin, C.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-023-10145-zEarth BecomesWorld? Scientific Objects, Nonmodern Worlds, and the Metaphysics of the Anthropocene (2023)Environmental Humanities, 15(1), 64-86. Zwier, J. & De Boer, B.https://doi.org/10.1215/22011919-10216162
2022
Does an Ontic Whole Exist?: Conditions of Possibility and Technology Use (2022)Foundations of science, 27(4), 1401-1407. de Boer, B.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-020-09751-4
Research profiles
Affiliated study programs
Courses academic year 2024/2025
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
- 191612550 - Phil. Anthropology and Technology
- 201300088 - Master's Thesis PSTS
- 201300089 - Master's Thesis PSTS
- 201300283 - Master's Thesis Ethics and Technology
- 201900007 - Perspectives on Engineering Design
- 201900224 - Elective course (Elders UT)
- 202000369 - Professional Ethics for Psychologists
- 202000370 - History of Psychology
- 202000371 - Philosophy of Psychology
- 202000445 - History of Psychology DSM TP
- 202001586 - Elective course (Elders UT) 1
- 202001587 - Elective course (Elders UT) 2
- 202300166 - Philosophy of Science and Technology
- 202400177 - Philosophical Reflection on Health Tech.
- 202400747 - Elective course (Elders UT) 3
Courses academic year 2023/2024
- 191612550 - Phil. Anthropology and Technology
- 201300088 - Master's Thesis PSTS
- 201300089 - Master's Thesis PSTS
- 201900007 - Perspectives on Engineering Design
- 202000369 - Professional Ethics for Psychologists
- 202000370 - History of Psychology
- 202000371 - Philosophy of Psychology
- 202000445 - History of Psychology DSM TP
- 202200262 - History of Psychology DSM TP
- 202300166 - Philosophy of Science and Technology
- 202300270 - M7 Health Technology in Society
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University of Twente
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Netherlands
University of Twente
Ravelijn 4210
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
Netherlands