SPT History

The society of Philosophy and Technology elects every two years a new President. Our past presidents are:

  • 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: President-Elect Robert Rosenberger

Main events for the Society of Philosophy and Technology are its international biennial conferences. They are now organized every two years: