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The decentralization of knowledge: How Carnap and Heidegger influenced the Web

Author(s) -

Harry Halpin,

Alexandre Monnin

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

first monday

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533

H-Index - 70

eISSN - 1396-0466

pISSN - 1396-0458

DOI - 10.5210/fm.v21i12.7109

Subject(s) - decentralization , autonomy , semantic web , computer science , social semantic web , epistemology , order (exchange) , world wide web , knowledge management , philosophy , political science , business , finance , law

International audienceDoes the centralization of the Web change both the diffusion of knowledge and the philosophical definition of knowledge itself? By exploring the origins of the Semantic Web in the philosophy of Carnap and of Google’s machine learning approach in Heidegger, we demonstrate that competing philosophical schools are deeply embedded in artificial intelligence and its evolution in the Web. Finally, we conclude that a decentralized approach to knowledge is necessary in order to bring the Web to its full potential as project for the spread of human autonomy

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