Human Practices in Technological Contexts

作者: Katinka Waelbers

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1640-7_5

关键词: Practical reasonEpistemologyEcology of contextsMoral responsibilityAction (philosophy)MediationSocial roleKnowledge managementInterdependenceTechnological mediationSociology

摘要: After having dealt with the first challenge in previous chapter, this chapter focuses on second challenge: conceptualizing different forms of technological mediation to understand how technologies alter human action a more detailed level. Meeting calls for reformulating Bruno Latour’s theory so as incorporate insights from Alasdair MacIntyre outlined chapter. Most important respect is MacIntyre’s notion practices, his idea being biologically vulnerable and socially interdependent, distinction between practical reasoning reasons.