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Reflection on the philosophical understanding of colour.

Sabine Winters2022-07-07T12:46:15+02:00

According to our everyday experience, the objects that surround us are coloured. Lemons are yellow, cucumbers are green, and our car is black. But according to physical science, lemons, cucumbers, and our car are composed of particles that are not attributed with colour whatsoever. These two pictures of the world seem not entirely compatible, but how come? Is philosophy able to provide us with an answer to this question?

Reflection on the philosophical understanding of colour.Sabine Winters2022-07-07T12:46:15+02:00

Grieving Machines Tell Apocalyptic Stories to Birds

Michelle Geraerts2022-07-07T12:47:00+02:00

Have you ever seen robots that communicate with nonhuman animals and plants, or heard of machines that are programmed to learn from their natural environments? Have you ever encountered technologies that collaborate with nonhuman species? It is not very likely that you have, considering how dominant modes of thinking in the West have a history of putting the human species at center stage – and in sharp contrast to some entity called ‘nature’ – when it comes to framing, designing, programming and using technologies.

Grieving Machines Tell Apocalyptic Stories to BirdsMichelle Geraerts2022-07-07T12:47:00+02:00

Podcast: Science in the wild with Roland van Dierendonck

Future Based2019-08-12T09:45:42+02:00

Everything around us is part of an ecosystem: the earth, the forests, but also plants are part of the system that sustains life on earth. Plants make oxygen and are food for humans and animals. They are also one of the few living organisms that can make their own food from air and light. Leafy green granules are a crucial part of this and also cause the green color of leaves. With the help of microscopy and do-it-yourself coloring methods, we can expose the cell structures of plants.

Podcast: Science in the wild with Roland van DierendonckFuture Based2019-08-12T09:45:42+02:00

Let’s get physical: The Philosophy of the Body.

Aldo Houterman2020-02-04T20:34:51+01:00

Future Based #5 Long before Dick Swaab, both Plato and Descartes had already contended that we are our brains. They premised that thought is conducted within the head, and—since the head sits atop the body—stands in direct communication with the divine. Dangling from the head there is the body; passionate, surly, mechanical, and in [...]

Let’s get physical: The Philosophy of the Body.Aldo Houterman2020-02-04T20:34:51+01:00

Framing Bullshit

Pieter Booij2019-12-13T07:28:17+01:00

Text by Pieter Booij. In 1986, philosopher Harry Frankfurt wrote an essay about an increasingly common phenomenon both in society and in our daily lives: bullshit. Bullshit seems to be everywhere: in the news; in politics; in advertising; on social media; and even in art and science. Precisely in those areas where you would [...]

Framing BullshitPieter Booij2019-12-13T07:28:17+01:00

Future Based thinking Theo Ploeg II

Future Based2020-03-13T12:38:34+01:00

Future Based Podcast addresses issues ranging from the natural sciences and philosophy to art, technology and economics; a different subject will be highlighted in every podcast. We will engage in discussions with academics, field specialists and experiential experts. In this episode, we resume the conversation with Theo Ploeg, founder of studio Hyperspace. Instead of [...]

Future Based thinking Theo Ploeg IIFuture Based2020-03-13T12:38:34+01:00

Future Based thinking – Theo Ploeg I

Future Based2019-12-13T07:22:41+01:00

Future Based Podcast addresses issues ranging from the natural sciences and philosophy to art, technology and economics; a different subject will be highlighted in every podcast. We will engage in discussions with academics, field specialists and experiential experts. In this episode, we talk with Theo Ploeg, founder of studio Hyperspace. Instead of taking refuge [...]

Future Based thinking – Theo Ploeg IFuture Based2019-12-13T07:22:41+01:00