We will soon announce the Call for Papers for Vol. 4 of Eksistenz.

We invite scholars to submit their abstracts or complete papers anonymously before July 15th, 2025. All papers will be sent to our reviewers. Decisions will be made before July 31st. The final version should be handed in before September 30th.

To solicit more submissions to our international open-access journal, we decided to include summaries (2-3 pages) in the call. Papers should not exceed 10.000 words and should be written either in English, German, or Chinese. Please send your submission to eksistenz_sub@gmx.de .

Old CfP: Hermeneutics and Technology

Major figures of Philosophical Hermeneutics like Wilhelm Dilthey, Martin Heidegger, Georg Misch, Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur have provided a foundation for understanding the relationship between human existence, interpretation, and technology. Heidegger’s exploration of technology as a mode of revealing and enframing, Dilthey’s emphasis on understanding human experience within its historical and cultural context, Gadamer’s hermeneutic circle, Misch’s focus on the historical development of human thought, and Ricoeur’s work on interpretation and narrative have all contributed to a deeper understanding of how technology shapes and is shaped by human existence. Their hermeneutical insights have helped to illuminate the ethical, social, and existential dimensions of technology, enriching the philosophical discourse on the impact of technology on human life and society.

In this call, we invite scholars to reflect on any aspect of the relationship between Hermeneutics and Technology. We do not limit this inquiry to the thoughts of the major figures of philosophical hermeneutics and refrain from narrowing the timeframe to only include modernity, thereby acknowledging the historical rootedness of modern technologies. In particular, we hope to explore the hidden potentialities of Chinese philosophy for understanding (our relationship to) technology. We also invite scholars to reflect on the impact and/or significance of current or future technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnologies, brain-machine interfaces, Gene- Manipulation and -Engineering, Cybernetics, and so on.