TY - JOUR
T1 - Technology's in-betweeness
AU - Floridi, L.
PY - 2013/6/1
Y1 - 2013/6/1
N2 - One of the most obvious features that characterises any technology is its inbetweeness. Suppose you live in Rio de Janeiro, not in Oxford. A hat is a technology between you and the sunshine. A pair of sandals is a technology between you and the beach on which you are walking. And a pair of sunglasses is between you and the bright light that surrounds you. The point may be phrased slightly differently, in terms of what exactly a specific technology relates. Perhaps a pair of sandals relates not you, but just your feet, and not to the beach, but just to some of its sandy surface. Yet this is hair-splitting and, in its essence, the idea of such an in-betweeness seems clear and uncontroversial. However, it soon gets complicated [opening paragraph]
AB - One of the most obvious features that characterises any technology is its inbetweeness. Suppose you live in Rio de Janeiro, not in Oxford. A hat is a technology between you and the sunshine. A pair of sandals is a technology between you and the beach on which you are walking. And a pair of sunglasses is between you and the bright light that surrounds you. The point may be phrased slightly differently, in terms of what exactly a specific technology relates. Perhaps a pair of sandals relates not you, but just your feet, and not to the beach, but just to some of its sandy surface. Yet this is hair-splitting and, in its essence, the idea of such an in-betweeness seems clear and uncontroversial. However, it soon gets complicated [opening paragraph]
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U2 - 10.1007/s13347-013-0106-y
DO - 10.1007/s13347-013-0106-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84878455966
SN - 2210-5433
VL - 26
SP - 111
EP - 115
JO - Philosophy and Technology
JF - Philosophy and Technology
IS - 2
ER -