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A repeated topic in Agre’s writings are the practices and consequences of (computable) abstraction, which is reflected in his (and Chapman’s) AI approaches, his
by simulo 5y ago
A repeated topic in Agre’s writings are the practices and consequences of (computable) abstraction, which is reflected in his (and Chapman’s) AI approaches, his criticism of AI and his writings on privacy. A core claim is that engineers make abstractions based on an implicit aristotelian/cartesian philosophy, assuming that what they abstract actually exists in the world and is merely "extracted" or "found".
- beckman466 5y ago> A core claim is that engineers make abstractions based on an implicit aristotelian/cartesian philosophy, assuming that what they abstract actually exists in the world and is merely "extracted" or "found". Interesting. Would you share some example contexts he used in his analyses? What are the abstractions he defines, and where are they used? Is he talking about e.g. our financial system? Agre covered many topics, so if someone is already clued up on his core arguments here (as well as sources for further exploration), I'd very much welcome (and deeply appreciate) them sharing it here.