Michael Poznic

Dr. Michael Poznic

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Aktuelle Positionen

Inhaltliche Schwerpunkte

  • Wissenschaftsphilosophie
  • Technikphilosophie
  • Erkenntnistheorie

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Beruflicher Werdegang

2009 M.A. nach Studium der Philosophie, Soziologie und Psychologie an der RWTH Aachen
2009 - 2012 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft im Projekthaus HumTec der RWTH Aachen im Projekt Ethics for Energy Technology
2010 - 2011 Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft am Institut für Philosophie der RWTH Aachen für das elektronische Lernportal L2P der RWTH
2013 - 2015 PhD Researcher an der interdisziplinären Fakultät Technology, Policy and Management der TU Delft (NL)
seit 2016 Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am ITAS
2017 Promotion in Philosophie zum Thema „Models in Science and Engineering: Imagining, Designing and Evaluating Representations“ an der TU Delft

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Pincock, C.; Poznic, M.
Non-Representational Models and Objectual Understanding
2024. Erkenntnis. doi:10.1007/s10670-024-00853-0

Poznic, M.; Stacey, M.; Hillerbrand, R.; Eckert, C.
Designing as playing games of make-believe, in: Design science, 6(e10), S. 1–27. doi:10.1017/dsj.2020.8, 2020

Poznic, M.
Thin versus thick accounts of scientific representation, in: Synthese, 195(8), S. 3433–3451. doi:10.1007/s11229-017-1374-3, 2018

Poznic, M.
Modeling Organs with Organs on Chips: Scientific Representation and Engineering Design as Modeling Relations, in: Philosophy & technology, 29(4), S. 357–371. doi:10.1007/s13347-016-0225-3, 2016

Poznic, M.
Representation and Similarity: Suárez on Necessary and Sufficient Conditions of Scientific Representation, in: Journal for General Philosophy of Science 47(2), S. 331-347. doi:10.1007/s10838-015-9307-7, 2015

Publikationen


2025
Zeitschriftenaufsätze
Stacey, M.; Eckert, C.; Pirtle, Z. G.; Poznic, M.; Schuelke-Leech, B.-A.; von der Tann, L.
Methods as a form of engineering knowledge
2025. Design Science, 11, Article no: e12. doi:10.1017/dsj.2025.9 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
Vorträge
Poznic, M.
Grasping Models as Epistemic Tools: From Scientific Representation to Engineering Design
2025. "LanCog’s Seminar Series in Analytic Philosophy", University of Lisbon (2025), Lissabon, Portugal, 16. Mai 2025 
Poznic, M.; Pincock, C.
Practical and theoretical understanding through exploratory design
2025. 5th International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP 2025), Erlangen, Deutschland, 24.–26. März 2025 
2024
Buchaufsätze
Poznic, M.
Analytische Technikphilosophie
2024. Handbuch Technikphilosophie. Hrsg.: M. Gutmann, 111–119, J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05991-8_11 
Vorträge
Poznic, M.
A philosophical perspective on explainability: The interrelation between explanation, knowledge, and understanding
2024, November 29. KIT Graduate School Computational & Data Science : Explainable and Safe AI (2024), Karlsruhe, 29. November 2024 
Poznic, M.; Kant, V.
Structuring of Information for Human Machine Interaction: Engineering Understanding, ComplexSociotechnical Systems, and Interface Design
2024, September. Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPET 2024), Karlsruhe, Deutschland, 17.–19. September 2024 
2023
Vorträge
Eckert, C.; Pirtle, Z.; Poznic, M.; Stacey, M.; Tann, L. von der; Schuelke-Leech, B.
Methods as engineering knowledge
2023. 16th Design Theory Paris Workshop (SIG 2023), Paris, Frankreich, 30.–31. Januar 2023 
Frigo, G.; Düvel, E.; García-Portela, L.; Hillerbrand, R.; Milchram, C.; Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M. W.; Widyatmanto, J. N.
Current Issues in the Emerging Field of Normative Energy Ethics
2023. Helmholtz Energy Conference (2023), Koblenz, Deutschland, 12.–13. Juni 2023 
Kant, V.; Poznic, M.
Epistemic achievements of engineers in relation to sociotechnical systems: From technological knowledge to engineering understanding
2023. Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPET 2023), Delft, Niederlande, 19.–21. April 2023 
Pirtle, Z.; Eckert, C.; Gandoin, R.; Jirouskova, N.; Poznic, M.; Schuelke-Leech, B.-A.; Stacey, M.; Tann, L. von der
Knowledge for Practicing Engineers and Philosophers: Reconsidering Walter Vincenti’s What Engineers Know and How They Know It
2023. Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPET 2023), Delft, Niederlande, 19.–21. April 2023 
Poznic, M.
From engineering knowledge to technological understanding: Integrating pieces of technological knowledge into a complex and coherent epistemic state of understanding
2023. 23rd Biennial International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology: "Technology and Mobility" (SPT 2023), Tokio, Japan, 7.–10. Juni 2023 
2022
Vorträge
Frigo, G.; Milchram, C.; Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M.; Hillerbrand, R.
An Ethical Assessment of Digital Mobility Transitions: Perspectives from Care Ethics
2022. 5th European Technology Assessment Conference (ETAC5 2022), Karlsruhe, Deutschland, 25.–27. Juli 2022 
Pincock, C.; Poznic, M.
Integrating representational, exploratory, and design modeling
2022. 11. GAP: Philosophie & Öffentlichkeit, Kongress der Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (2022), Berlin, Deutschland, 12.–15. September 2022 
Pincock, C.; Poznic, M.
What do engineers understand? The case of biological methanation
2022. 4th International Conference of the German Society for Philosophy of Science (GWP.2022 2022), Berlin, Deutschland, 15.–17. August 2022 
Pincock, C.; Poznic, M.
Integrating representational, exploratory, and design modeling
2022. 9th Biennial Society for Philosophy of Science in Practice (SPSP 2022), Gent, Belgien, 2.–4. Juli 2022 
2021
Buchaufsätze
Doorn, N.; Michelfelder, D. P.; Barrella, E.; Bristol, T.; Dechesne, F.; Fritzsche, A.; Johnson, G.; Poznic, M.; Robison, W. L.; Sain, B.; Stone, T.; Rodriguez-Nikl, T.; Umbrello, S.; Vermaas, P. E.; Wilson, R. L.
Reimagining the Future of Engineering
2021. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering. Eds.: Diane P. Michelfelder, Neelke Doorn, 736–744, Routledge 
Hillerbrand, R.; Poznic, M.
Tugendethik
2021. Handbuch Technikethik. Hrsg.: A. Grunwald, 165–170, J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-04901-8_32 
Poznic, M.
Models in Engineering and Design: Modeling Relations and Directions of Fit
2021. The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering. Eds.: Diane P. Michelfelder, Neelke Doorn, 383–393, Routledge 
Vorträge
Hillerbrand, R.; Eckert, C.; Stacey, M.; Poznic, M.
Engineering design ethics is an epistemological problem
2021. 14th International Workshop on Design Theory - Special Interest Group of the Design Society (2021), Online, 25.–26. Januar 2021 
Pincock, C.; Poznic, M.
What do engineers understand? The case of biological methanation
2021. 8th The biennial meeting of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA 2021), Online, 15.–18. September 2021 
Pirtle, Z.; Eckert, C.; Gandoin, R.; Jirouskova, N.; Poznic, M.; Schuelke-Leech, B.-A.; Stacey, M.; Tann, L. von der
Knowledge for Practicing Engineers and Philosophers: Reconsidering Walter Vincenti’s What Engineers Know and How They Know It
2021. 22nd Biennial Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology: Technological Imaginaries (SPT 2021), Online, 28.–30. Juni 2021 
Poznic, M.; Schmidt, M.
Understanding transport systems: Different perspectives on the Cologne Stadtbahn
2021. 22nd Biennial Meeting of the Society for Philosophy and Technology: Technological Imaginaries (SPT 2021), Online, 28.–30. Juni 2021 
Renftle, M.; Trittenbach, H.; Müssener, C.; Böhm, K.; Poznic, M.; Heil, R.
Evaluating the Effect of XAI on Understanding of Machine Learning Models
2021. Philosophy of Science meets Machine Learning (2021), Tübingen, Deutschland, 9.–12. November 2021 
2020
Zeitschriftenaufsätze
Poznic, M.; Stacey, M.; Hillerbrand, R.; Eckert, C.
Designing as playing games of make-believe
2020. Design science, 6 (e10), 1–27. doi:10.1017/dsj.2020.8 VolltextVolltext der Publikation als PDF-Dokument 
Vorträge
Poznic, M.
Scientific Representation, Make-Believe and the Factivity of Model-Based Understanding
2020. 10th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy (ECAP 2020), Online, 24.–28. August 2020 
Poznic, M.
Models in Engineering and Design: Modeling Relations and Directions of Fit
2020. On-line Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology (fPET 2020), Online, 17.–19. November 2020 
2019
Vorträge
Hillerbrand, R.; Poznic, M.; Eckert, C.; Stacey, M.
Uncertainties and Games of Make-Believe
2019. 12th SIG Design Theory Paris Workshop (2019), Paris, Frankreich, 28.–29. Januar 2019 
Poznic, M.
Representational success. Waltonian fictionalism and the factivity of model-based understanding
2019. Workshop “Epistemology of Science” (2019), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 20.–21. September 2019 
Poznic, M.; Fisher, E.
The responsible engineer: The role of moral, epistemic, and poietic virtues
2019. SPT: Technology and Power (2019), College Station, TX, USA, 20.–22. Mai 2019 
2018
Zeitschriftenaufsätze
Poznic, M.
Thin versus thick accounts of scientific representation
2018. Synthese <Dordrecht>, 195 (8), 3433–3451. doi:10.1007/s11229-017-1374-3 
Vorträge
Poznic, M.
Architectural modeling: Interplay of designing and representing
2018. Models and Simulations 8 (2018), Columbia, SC, USA, 15.–17. März 2018 
Poznic, M.; Eckert, C.; Hillerbrand, R.; Stacey, M.
Jet engines, design teams and the imagination: Designing as playing games of make-believe
2018. Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology (fPET 2018), Maryland City, MD, USA, 30. Mai–1. Juni 2018 
Poznic, M.; Eckert, C.; Hillerbrand, R.; Stacey, M.
Designing as playing games of make-believe
2018. 11th SIG Design Theory Paris Workshop (2018), Paris, Frankreich, 29.–30. Januar 2018 
2017
Dissertationen
Poznic, M.
Models in Science and Engineering : Imaging, Designing and Evaluating Representations. Dissertation
2017. Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) 
Vorträge
Bakdur, E.; Poznic, M.
The alleged distinction between cognitive and epistemic values: The case of simplicity
2017. Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, Salzburg, A, September 13-15, 2017 
Poznic, M.
Architectural modeling: Interplay of designing and representing
2017. The Grammar of Things : 20th conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, Darmstadt, June 14-17, 2017