Biography
What conceptions of the body do different professionals use in their practice (e.g. medical, sportive or pedagogical)? In what ways are doctors, athletes or dancers confronted with ethics? What implicit philosophies play a role in the actions of coaches?
As a trained philosopher with experience as a cyclist, I am concerned with these questions in my research. My fields of research are Sport Ethics, Medical Ethics, Philosophy of Sport, Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Medicine. I have a special interest in the work of Michel Serres (1930-2019), which concerns bringing different scientific and/or societal developments together with a profound emphasis on the human body.
Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out to me: houterman@esphil.eur.nl
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Work
- Aldo Houterman (2025) - Marx’s repulsion and Serres’s turbulence: a Lucretian philosophy of movement - Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 52 (1), 135-150 - doi: 10.1080/00948705.2024.2431966 - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2024) - Bodies as communication systems. The relevance of Michel Serres’s philosophy of science for health care - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 28 (1), 139-150 - doi: 10.1007/s11019-024-10244-5 - [link]
- Aldo Houterman & Sandra Meeuwsen (2024) - Sport en filosofie in context - Wijsgerig Perspectief, 64 (03), 4 - doi: 10.5117/WP2024.3.001.HOUT - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2024) - Cyclisme et Émancipation: Une philosophie collective du cyclisme - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2024) - Lichaamsbeelden in de filosofie, wetenschap en sport - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2024) - Sport in an Algorithmic Age: Michel Serres on Bodily Metamorphosis - Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, 18 (2), 126-141 - doi: 10.1080/17511321.2023.2190155 - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2023) - 'De arts moet zichzelf een beetje durven zien als parasiet': Gesprek met Massimiliano Simons - Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde en Ethiek, 33 (1), 20-22 - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2022) - Luisteren naar Ruis - Wijsgerig Perspectief, 62 (3), 34-41 - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2021) - Verlangen naar de smash: Over de turbulentie van beweging en emotie - Sportgericht Magazine, 75 (3), 26-29 - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2020) - Over de lichamelijkheid van emoties - Tijdschrift Conflicthantering, 2020 (3)
- Aldo Houterman (2019) - Wij zijn ons lichaam: wat sport en beweging ons vertellen over menselijk gedrag - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (2018) - De gymles van Michel Serres - Filosofie Magazine, 28 (5) - [link]
- Aldo Houterman (14 January 2025) - 'De laatste encyclopedist'. Recensie van 'Michel Serres: La joie de savoir' van François Dosse
- Aldo Houterman (18 November 2024) - Interview Montessori Magazine, 'Ook wiskunde doe je met je lichaam'
- Aldo Houterman (27 July 2023) - Draait de topsport straks nog om medailles?
- Aldo Houterman (2025) - The sports field as a pre-juridical court: A Serresian framework for refereeing (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2024) - Technology in Sport: A Serresian Perspective (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2024) - Michel Serres on Sport in 'Cahiers de Formation' (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2022) - Philosophy of Movement and its consequences for Ethics and Sport (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2022) - 2022 International Association for the Philosophy of Sport (IAPS) Conference (Participant)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2022) - BPSA / EAPS Conference (Participant)
Activity: Attending an event › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2022) - Sport in an Algorithmic Age: Metamorphosing Bodies in the work of Michel Serres (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2021) - Sport in an Algorithmic Age: Metamorphosing Bodies in the work of Michel Serres (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic - Aldo Houterman (2021) - Merleau-Ponty and Serres as philosophers of the Sporting Body (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
Minor Sports and Society
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB53120M
Lid Ethische Commissie Dansen
- Start date approval
- September 2024
- End date approval
- December 2025