"Conversation of Mankind" or "idle talk"?: A pragmatist approach to Social Networking Sites

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 195-206

  van Den Eede, Yoni ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethics; Martin Heidegger; Philosophy of technology; Pragmatism; Richard Rorty; Social Networking; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HEIDEGGER; PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY; PRAGMATISM; RICHARD RORTY; WEB 2.0;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77952550183     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-010-9223-9     Document Type: Article

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