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Generative AI—the Transgression of Technology
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a systems‐theoretical analysis of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) grounded in Niklas Luhmann's sociology of technology. It addresses a central conceptual problem: How GenAI can be understood within a theoretical framework that has traditionally defined technology as a means of stabilising action through causal ...
Jesper Tække
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The many encounters of Thomas Kuhn and French epistemology [PDF]
, 2017 The work of Thomas Kuhn has been very influential in Anglo-American philosophy of science and it is claimed that it has initiated the historical turn. Although this might be the case for English speaking countries, in France an historical approach has ...
Massimiliano, Simons
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Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Face‐to‐face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with interactions face to face. By interpretively reviewing and synthesizing the broader literature on “autistic sociality,” the article provides a nuanced ...
Lars E. F. Johannessen
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Tecnoscienza, 2015 In this article, Latour's thought is analysed in a reflexive way from a philosophical perspective: the question is weather actor-network theory (mostly considered in his Latourian variation) has adequate traits to be a proper part of the ontology it ...
Alessandro Zampieri
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Educación Química, 2023 Charles Cagniard de la Tour (1777-1859) was a French physicist and chemist that carried a detailed study of the phase transformation of a saturated liquid under the influence of pressure and temperature and proved that inside a sealed glass tube the ...
Jaime Wisniak
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An actor-network theory (ANT) approach to Turkish e-government gateway initiative [PDF]
, 2009 There are various models proposed in the literature to analyze trajectories of e-Government projects in terms of success and failure. Yet, only the Actor-Network Theory (ANT) perspective (Heeks and Stanforth, 2007) considers the interaction factors among
Aykac, D. Selcen O. +4 more
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Machines and machinations: The integrated care record service in the UK national health service [PDF]
, 2005 This paper examines the use of Actor Network Theory (ANT) as a lens to get a better understanding of the implementation of the Integrated Care Record Service (ICRS) in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
Atkinson, C +3 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article proposes the concept of disciplinary languaging to account for the regulated forms of communication that are characteristic of TESOL master's preparatory programs in the UK. It does so with a view to the effects on the socialization of international students who are attracted by the global promotion of such programs and the ...
Yunpeng Du, Miguel Pérez‐Milans
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Who Can Speak? Rancière, Latour and the Question of Articulation
Humanities, 2020 In recent years, scholars in broadly considered posthumanities have attempted to reconceptualize politics in order to better account for the role of nonhuman entities in political processes.
Iwona Janicka
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The Dark Pyramid: Unpacking the Multidimensional Nature of the Dark Side of Leadership
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract The dark side of leadership has been employed as an umbrella term to cover an array of concepts typically concerned with the dysfunctionality and/or toxicity of individual leaders. As the field of leadership studies moves towards ‘post‐heroic’ perspectives, we apply the same ontological positioning, adopting a ‘post‐villainous’ perspective in ...
Peter Stephenson +2 more
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