Humanism in the Digital Age: Risks and Opportunities for Science and Democracy

- Mielkov, Yu.O. (orcid.org/0000-0002-8186-0357) (2022) Humanism in the Digital Age: Risks and Opportunities for Science and Democracy The 2021 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information. 12–19 September 2021, 1 (81). ISSN 2504-3900

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Abstract

The ongoing digitalization presents a great challenge for the philosophical concept of humanism as it leads to many risks, including those that arise out of the assumption that computers can outperform humans in any task or job. Still, it is argued that it is an illusion based on erroneous premises, and that the development of the ICT sphere can actually augment humans by empowering them, presenting new possibilities: machines could perform more monotonous routine labor, while humans would be free to follow their creativity.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	humanism; democracy; scientific rationality
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 00 Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics > 001 Science and knowledge in general. Organization of intellectual work > 001.1 Concepts of science and knowledge Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 00 Prolegomena. Fundamentals of knowledge and culture. Propaedeutics > 004 Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing > 004.9 ІКТ ( Application-oriented computer-based techniques )
Divisions:	Institute of Higher Education > Department of University Research Activities
Depositing User:	Др. Юрій Олександрович Мєлков
Date Deposited:	20 Jul 2022 20:12
Last Modified:	20 Jul 2022 20:12
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/731337

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