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Drosselmeier

Sebastian Drosselmeier

Philosophy of Action

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Sebastian Drosselmeier is a research assistant and doctoral student at the Munich Graduate School for Ethics in Practice. During the summer term 2021 he is a Recognised Student at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford. Previously, he studied Political, Legal, and Economic Philosophy (MA) at the University of Bern as well as Philosophy and Economics (BA) at the University of Osnabrueck.

Research Interests

Philosophy Action, Philosophy of Mind, Practical Ethics, Ethics and Philosophy of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology

Research Project

In his PhD project, Sebastian Drosselmeier investigates the action-theoretical implications of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). What does it mean to perform an action with the help of a BCI? Are BCI-mediated actions different from ordinary, bodily actions? Do BCIs have implications for the philosophy of mind, for example concerning the relationship between mental states (intentions, desires, beliefs) and brain states? Are actions performed with BCIs, as some authors have suggested, perhaps even “as clear a case of mental causation as one could imagine”? If so, in which sense?

His research is related to traditional problems in action theory and philosophy of mind (especially in the tradition of Donald Davidson) and combines them with a non-reductive, mechanistic understanding of explanations in neuroscience as well as an interventionist understanding of causation.

Ethics in Practice

From March to April and from September to October 2020, Sebastian Drosselmeier worked as an Innovation Ethicist for ethix - Lab for Innovation Ethics in Zurich as part of his practical project at the Graduate School for Ethics in Practice. There, he was involved in developing a consulting service for hospitals to help hospitals deal with ethical challenges due to digitisation and technological changes in the healthcare system.

Publications

Drosselmeier, S. & Sellmaier, S. (2021): ‘Skilled Action and the Ethics of Neuroprosthetics’. In: Friedrich, O.; Wolkenstein, A.; Bublitz, C.; Jox, RJ. und Racine, E. (eds.): Clinical Neuroethics Meets Artificial Intelligence - Philosophical, Ethical, Legal and Social Implications. Heidelberg: Springer.

Drosselmeier, S. (2019): ‘BCI-Actions: Mental or Bodily?’. Viewpoint Paper. Bioethica Forum 12/2, pp.51-53.

 

 

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