Society for Philosophy and Technology
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The Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT) is an independent international organization founded in 1976 whose purpose is to promote philosophical consideration of technology. SPT publishes Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, an academic journal.
- 1975: Newsletter launched: formation of SPT and establishing the journal Techné in years to follow
- 1978: Annual Book Series Research in Philosophy of Technology was launched
- 1981: Actual organization of SPT with the first biennial international meeting organized by Fritz Rapp in Bad Homberg, Germany
- 1995: The first issue of Techné
- 2010: Techné is published by the Philosophy Documentation Center
Presidents
A new president for the Society for Philosophy and Technology is chosen every two years (except in 1995).[1]
- 1981: Carl Mitcham
- 1983: Alex Michalos
- 1985: Kristin Shrader-Frechette
- 1987: Marx Wartofsky
- 1989: Langdon Winner
- 1991: Joseph C. Pitt
- 1993: Jose Sanmartin
- 1997: Paul Durbin
- 1999: Deborah Johnson
- 2001: Andrew Light
- 2003: Paul Thompson
- 2005: Peter Kroes
- 2007: Diane Michelfelder
- 2009: Philip Brey
- 2011: Sven Ove Hansson
- 2013: Peter-Paul Verbeek
- 2015: Shannon Vallor
- 2017: Mark Coeckelbergh
- 2019: Pieter E. Vermaas
- 2021: Inmaculada de Melo-Martín
- 2023: Robert Rosenberger
- 2025: Alfred Nordmann
SPT conferences
- 1981: Bad Homberg, Germany: Joint German-American Conference (Rapp), Germany, Organizer: Fritz Rapp
- 1983: Polytechnic Institute of New York, NYC, USA, Organizer: Carl Mitcham
- 1985: University of Twente, Netherlands, Organizer: Louk Fleishacker of Free University, Amsterdam
- 1987: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Organizer: Joe Pitt
- 1989: Bordeaux, France, Organizer: Daniel Cerezuelle
- 1991: University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Organizer: Elena Lugo
- 1993: Peniscola (Valencia), Spain, Organizer: Jose Sanmartin
- 1995: Hofstra University, Long Island, New York, USA
- 1996: Puebla, Mexico, Organizer: Raul Gutierrez
- 1997: University of Düsseldorf, Germany, Organizer: Alois Huning
- 1999: University of California, San Jose / Silicon Valley, USA, Organizer: Noam Cook
- 2001: Aberdeen, Scotland, Organizer: Andrew Light
- 2003: Park City, Utah, USA, Organizer: Diane Michelfelder
- 2005: Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, Organizer: Peter Kroes
- 2007: USC/VT, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, Organizers: Davis Baird, Ann Johnson, Joe Pitt
- 2009: University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Organizers: Philip Brey, Tsjalling Swierstra, Peter-Paul Verbeek, Katinka Waelbers
- 2011: University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, Organizers: David Kaplan and Adam Briggle
- 2013: in Lisbon, Portugal
- 2015: NEU International Hotel, Shenyang, China
- 2017: Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, Organizers: Alfred Nordmann and Sabine Ammon
- 2019: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA, Organizers: Martin Peterson (Chair), Deb Banerjee, Jonathan Coopersmith, Glen Miller, Gregory Pappas, Linda Radzik [2]
- 2021: Université Catholique de Lille, Lille, France, Organizers: David Doat, Richard Lewis, Xavier Guchet
- 2023: Tokyo, Japan
- 2025: Eindhoven, Netherlands
