Biography
Vincent Blok is a Dutch philosopher working as professor at the School of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands). In 2005 he received his PhD degree in philosophy at Leiden University with a specialization in philosophy of technology. Blok is interested in the meaning of disruptive technologies for the human condition and its environment and studies these phenomena from a continental philosophical perspective. His books include Ernst Jünger’s Philosophy of Technology. Heidegger and the Poetics of the Anthropocene (Routledge, 2017), Heidegger’s Concept of philosophical Method (Routledge, 2019), The Critique of Management. Toward a Philosophy and Ethics of Business Management (Routledge, 2021), From World to Earth. Philosophical Ecology of a threatened Planet (Boom, 2022 (in Dutch), and A new meaning of life. The novel as a signpost in a world at the turning point (Noordboek, 2024 (in Dutch). Blok published over hundred articles in disciplinary philosophy journals like Philosophy & Technology, Synthese and Heidegger Studies, and in multi-disciplinary journals like Science, Environmental Values, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Responsible Innovation.
Research interests:
Philosophy of Technology
Environmental Philosophy
Continental Philosophy
Philosophy of Data Science and AI
Responsible Innovation
Philosophy of Management
Martin Heidegger
Ernst Junger
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Work
- Vincent Blok (2025) - Economics and Politics in the Age of AI: Towards a Political Concept of Technological Innovations - Techne: Research in Philosophy and Technology, x (x) - [link]
- Mark Ryan, Nina de Roo, Hao Wang, Vincent Blok & Can Atik (2025) - AI through the looking glass: an empirical study of structural social and ethical challenges in AI - AI and Society, 40 (5), 3891-3907 - doi: 10.1007/s00146-024-02146-0 - [link]
- Hao Wang & Vincent Blok (2025) - Why putting artificial intelligence ethics into practice is not enough: Towards a multi-level framework - Big Data and Society, 12 (2) - doi: 10.1177/20539517251340620 - [link]
- Mireille van Hilten, Mark Ryan, Vincent Blok & Nina de Roo (2025) - Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects (ELSA) for AI: An assessment tool for Agri-food - Smart Agricultural Technology, 10 - doi: 10.1016/j.atech.2024.100710 - [link]
- M. W. Vegter, V. Blok & R. Wesselink (2025) - Process industry disrupted: AI and the need for human orchestration - Journal of Responsible Technology, 21 - doi: 10.1016/j.jrt.2025.100105 - [link]
- Eugen Octav Popa, Vincent Blok, Cornelius Schubert & Georgios Katsoukis (2025) - Path creation as a discursive process: A study of discussion starters in the field of solar fuels - Social Studies of Science, 55 (1), 62-84 - doi: 10.1177/03063127241271024 - [link]
- Simeon Veloudis, Mark Ryan, Elina Ketikidi & Vincent Blok (2025) - Responsible innovation in start-ups: entrepreneurial perspectives and formalisation of social responsibility - Journal of Responsible Innovation, 12 (1) - doi: 10.1080/23299460.2025.2453251 - [link]
- Vincent Blok (2025) - Technology as a Theme in Phenomenology
- Julia Rijssenbeek & Vincent Blok (2025) - New Encounters Between Life and Technology: Simondon and the Case of Synthetic Biology - Foundations of Science - doi: 10.1007/s10699-025-09980-5 - [link]
- Mark Ryan, Eugen Popa, Vincent Blok, Andrea Declich, Maresa Berliri, Alfonso Alfonsi, Simeon Veloudis, Natalia Costanzo & Martina Iannuzzi (2024) - Start doing the right thing: Indicators for socially responsible start-ups and investors - Journal of Responsible Technology, 20 - doi: 10.1016/j.jrt.2024.100094 - [link]
Philosophical Anthropology
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FW-MA0028
