You Mean My Whole Fallacy Is Wrong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3202652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Durham Peters (0000-0002-4474-1543, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-26 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Representations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0734-6018 • E-ISSN: 1533-855X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rep.2017.140.1.10 |
| OpenAlex | W2769784375 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
This essay offers both a genealogy of the concept of technological determinism and a metacritique of the ways academic accusations of fallaciousness risk stopping difficult but essential kinds of inquiry. To call someone a technological determinist is to claim all the moral force on your side without answering the question of what we are to do with these devices that infest our lives
Determinism · Epistemology · Fallacy · Genealogy · Technological determinism · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · History · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy
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Reverse Digital Seriality
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,78 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |