Search engines and the public use of reason

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 233-242

  Elgesem, Dag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bias; Information policy; Kant; Reason; Search; Search engines; Testimony

Indexed keywords

BIAS; INFORMATION POLICY; KANT; REASON; SEARCH; TESTIMONY;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 57049178350     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-008-9177-3     Document Type: Article

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