Technology as Language - Understanding Action in a Technical Condition

24 November 2020
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This is a call for papers for the special themes of the 2021-issues.

Contributed papers in English or Russian on any topic within the scope of the journal are also welcome.

Technology as Language - Understanding Action in a Technical Condition (Deadline: September 21st, 2021)

The philosophy of technology and language meets theories of action. Actions are understood in reference to reasons and causes which are formed in a social setting. The hermeneutics of action takes on a further dimension, however, when technical agency and technological activity are brought into play. Of particular interest are the symbols and tools of labor as knowledge is translated into action. Another focus is on technology and semiosis or the technical generation of the signs and sign systems that structure and constrain action – especially interesting and problematic in the age of self-learning technical systems. (Guest editor: Alexander Nesterow).