Rethinking philosophical methodology: Conceptual engineering meets Value Sensitive Design

IF 0.7 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
METAPHILOSOPHY Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI:10.1111/meta.12730
Guido Löhr, Herman Veluwenkamp
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What values and goals should guide conceptual engineering projects? In this paper, we propose that insights from responsible design, specifically Value Sensitive Design (VSD), can enrich current approaches to conceptual ethics. Philosophers of technology have long employed VSD as a structured way to create technologies that address real-world problems while accommodating stakeholder values. Meanwhile, conceptual engineers have focused on how best to revise, introduce, or eliminate concepts in response to theoretical or practical needs. By bringing these two literatures together, this paper offers a systematic, empirically informed way to assess and design concepts. The approach uses VSD-inspired methods to identify and weigh stakeholder values, goals, and concerns. To illustrate how this works in practice, the paper examines the technologically disrupted concept “colleague.” When advanced technologies, like robots or chatbots, begin performing roles similar to those of human workers, can they be considered colleagues?

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重新思考哲学方法论:概念工程与价值敏感设计
什么价值和目标应该指导概念工程项目?在本文中,我们提出来自负责任设计的见解,特别是价值敏感设计(VSD),可以丰富当前的概念伦理学方法。长期以来,技术哲学家们一直将VSD作为一种结构化的方式来创建解决现实世界问题的技术,同时适应利益相关者的价值观。与此同时,概念工程师专注于如何最好地修改、引入或消除概念,以响应理论或实践需求。通过将这两篇文献结合在一起,本文提供了一种系统的、经验丰富的方法来评估和设计概念。该方法使用受vsd启发的方法来识别和权衡涉众的价值、目标和关注点。为了说明这在实践中是如何工作的,本文研究了技术上被颠覆的概念“同事”。当机器人或聊天机器人等先进技术开始扮演类似人类工人的角色时,它们能被视为同事吗?
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期刊介绍: Metaphilosophy publishes articles and reviews books stressing considerations about philosophy and particular schools, methods, or fields of philosophy. The intended scope is very broad: no method, field, or school is excluded.
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