How has the diffusion of online communities changed how their users construct, view, and define their identity? In this paper, we choose to approach this issue by considering two particular philosophical problems related to personal identity: 1) The Characterization Question, namely “which actions, experiences, beliefs, values, desires, character traits, and so on can we attribute to a given person?” 2) “How do self-other relations affect the ethical implication of identity construction?” To address them, we adopt a comprehensive framework composed of cognitive niches and cognitive niche construction theories, and we discuss different philosophical and technological notions. In particular: the Filter Bubble problem, the concept of affordances, and the Sartrean idea of Bad Faith.
Personal Identity and Online Communities
Selene Arfini
;Lorenzo Botta Parandera;Camilla Gazzaniga;
2020-01-01
Abstract
How has the diffusion of online communities changed how their users construct, view, and define their identity? In this paper, we choose to approach this issue by considering two particular philosophical problems related to personal identity: 1) The Characterization Question, namely “which actions, experiences, beliefs, values, desires, character traits, and so on can we attribute to a given person?” 2) “How do self-other relations affect the ethical implication of identity construction?” To address them, we adopt a comprehensive framework composed of cognitive niches and cognitive niche construction theories, and we discuss different philosophical and technological notions. In particular: the Filter Bubble problem, the concept of affordances, and the Sartrean idea of Bad Faith.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
