Object-oriented Philosophy: the nature of relations between humans and computational objects

Evans, Leighton ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6875-6301 2011. Object-oriented Philosophy: the nature of relations between humans and computational objects. Presented at: AISB Philosophy and Computing symposium, University of York, York, UK, 6-7 April 2011. Published in: Kazakov, Dimitar and Tsoulas, George eds. AISB 2011 Computing and Philosophy. York: The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, pp. 31-37.

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Abstract

I argue that the category of equipment denoted computational objects have, by virtue of the unique presence of those objects in the world as permanently withdrawn from full disclosure of operation due to their dependence on computational code, a unique manner of causal interaction with users that can only be described as vicarious. As computational devices become increasingly ubiquitous as tools for managing and navigation the human world, this vicarious relationship becomes important in understanding how this technology affects the phenomenological experience of being in the world as it is, alongside computational objects, and how orientation towards the world can be described as computational.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy
Publisher:	The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
ISBN:	9781908187031
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/40710

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