This short paper offers a series of responses to Jochem Zwier and Timothy Barker’s comments on my extended paper ‘Taking Exception: Philosophy of Technology as a Multidimensional Problem Space.’ Part one responds to questions concerning the modality of the renewed understanding of the theme of the transcendental that was argued for in my initial paper: I argue for the deep contingency of such a move, against any sense that it is necessary. Part two takes this consideration of modality further, considering the possibilities that a renewal of the theme of the transcendental stands to offer philosophy of technology today. I argue that the contingency of our contemporary sense of the transcendental can be precisely what makes it valuable. Whereas parts one and two turn on incisive questions posed by Zwier, part three closes by reconsidering the claims for a ‘multidimensional problem space’ offered in my initial paper. In response to an acute insight from Barker, I close by arguing that philosophy of technology’s problem space should be explored in terms of a notion of ‘shared agonism’.

这篇简短的论文对 Jochem Zwier 和 Timothy Barker 对我的扩展论文“采取例外：作为多维问题空间的技术哲学”的评论做出了一系列回应。第一部分回应了关于重新理解先验主题的形式的问题，我在最初的论文中提出了这一观点：我主张这种举动的深刻偶然性，反对任何认为必要的感觉。第二部分进一步考虑了这种形式，考虑了可能性超越的主题的更新代表了今天的技术哲学。我认为，我们当代超验感的偶然性正是使其有价值的原因。虽然第一部分和第二部分开启了 Zwier 提出的尖锐问题，但第三部分通过重新考虑我最初论文中提出的“多维问题空间”的主张来结束。作为对巴克敏锐洞察力的回应，我最后认为应该根据“共享激动”的概念来探索技术问题空间的哲学。