Abstract
Modern technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, geo-engineering, social media, or next-generation genomics have been and will continue to be socially (culturally, economically, legally, etc.) disruptive. Several philosophers of technology have noted that technology is not only socially but also conceptually disruptive. Technologies do not only change the way we live together. They also challenge the way we conceptualize or classify ourselves and the world around us. However, it is not clear what it means for technology to disrupt our concepts, as the very idea of conceptual disruption and its relation to conceptual and social change remain opaque. In what way can technologies disrupt our concepts and how we can overcome such disruptions? This paper proposes a framework for studying technology-induced conceptual disruptions that draws both on mediation theory and recent work on conceptual engineering.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 102327 |
| Journal | Technology in Society |
| Volume | 74 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work is funded by the Gravitation program of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research ( NWO grant number 024.004.031 ).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science | |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 024.004.031 |