Conceptual disruption and 21st century technologies

A framework

Bibliographic Data

ID11239232
AuthorsGuido Löhr (0000-0002-7028-3515, Eindhoven University of Technology, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume74
Pages102327
Publication date2023-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTechnology in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0160-791X • E-ISSN: 1879-3274
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102327
OpenAlexW4384521230
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited28

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

Conceptual framework · Disruptive technology · Emerging technologies · Engineering ethics · Knowledge management · Management science · Mediation · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Engineering · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Artificial Intelligence

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