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The internet of things in the context of the philosophy of technique: The transfromation of being

Yury Shaev

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Abstract

Internet of things can be analyzed as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which is associated with the formation of computer network of devices that communicate to each other and with humans. Internet of Things — is a network of “smart” devices that can transmit and receive information, and take various administrative decisions based on the obtained data. Internet of things — it is also a special platform, i.e. special software and technological base, through which different applications can be created. In the era of post informational society the issues related to the transformation of human existence are actualized. First of all, we analyze how the human being and its main ontological characteristics change in the conditions of growing influence on the life of the various information technologies and the Internet of Things. The idea about impact of technologies on man and on the transformation of human life occupied the minds of European philosophers, many of whom were skeptical about the possibilities of technologies to improve not only the everyday life, but also contribute to a deeper rethinking of being, to a search of new ways of contact with being in the conditions of technological world. These questions are more relevant now than ever. Will a person become a “thing”, which, along with the objects of everyday experience will be a part of the information network? Will be dissolved the human being, its specific existential potency in information flows or not? These issues should be analyzed from the point of view of philosophical ontology. How does extend the influence of information technologies on the existential basis of human existence, and which ontological effects does appear in the era of strengthening the influence of the Internet of things. In this paper, we make an attempt to analyze ontological foundations of Internet of Things and its impact on the human being, the prospects for its transformation from the non-reduction point of view. We analyze measurement of “materiality” of man in the spectrum of physical and existential modes. We also make a conclusions about the grounds of the co-existence of human and components of technological universe.

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Internet of things can be analyzed as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which is associated with the formation of computer network of devices that communicate to each other and with humans. Internet of Things — is a network of “smart” devices that can transmit and receive information, and take various administrative decisions based on the obtained data. Internet of things — it is also a special platform, i.e. special software and technological base, through which different applications can be created. In the era of post informational society the issues related to the transformation of human existence are actualized. First of all, we analyze how the human being and its main ontological characteristics change in the conditions of growing influence on the life of the various information technologies and the Internet of Things. The idea about impact of technologies on man and on the transformation of human life occupied the minds of European philosophers, many of whom were skeptical about the possibilities of technologies to improve not only the everyday life, but also contribute to a deeper rethinking of being, to a search of new ways of contact with being in the conditions of technological world. These questions are more relevant now than ever. Will a person become a “thing”, which, along with the objects of everyday experience will be a part of the information network? Will be dissolved the human being, its specific existential potency in information flows or not? These issues should be analyzed from the point of view of philosophical ontology. How does extend the influence of information technologies on the existential basis of human existence, and which ontological effects does appear in the era of strengthening the influence of the Internet of things. In this paper, we make an attempt to analyze ontological foundations of Internet of Things and its impact on the human being, the prospects for its transformation from the non-reduction point of view. We analyze measurement of “materiality” of man in the spectrum of physical and existential modes. We also make a conclusions about the grounds of the co-existence of human and components of technological universe.

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Internet of things can be analyzed as a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, which is associated with the formation of computer network of devices that communicate to each other and with humans. Internet of Things — is a network of “smart” devices that can transmit and receive information, and take various administrative decisions based on the obtained data. Internet of things — it is also a special platform, i.e. special software and technological base, through which different applications can be created. In the era of post informational society the issues related to the transformation of human existence are actualized. First of all, we analyze how the human being and its main ontological characteristics change in the conditions of growing influence on the life of the various information technologies and the Internet of Things. The idea about impact of technologies on man and on the transformation of human life occupied the minds of European philosophers, many of whom were skeptical about the possibilities of technologies to improve not only the everyday life, but also contribute to a deeper rethinking of being, to a search of new ways of contact with being in the conditions of technological world. These questions are more relevant now than ever. Will a person become a “thing”, which, along with the objects of everyday experience will be a part of the information network? Will be dissolved the human being, its specific existential potency in information flows or not? These issues should be analyzed from the point of view of philosophical ontology. How does extend the influence of information technologies on the existential basis of human existence, and which ontological effects does appear in the era of strengthening the influence of the Internet of things. In this paper, we make an attempt to analyze ontological foundations of Internet of Things and its impact on the human being, the prospects for its transformation from the non-reduction point of view. We analyze measurement of “materiality” of man in the spectrum of physical and existential modes. We also make a conclusions about the grounds of the co-existence of human and components of technological universe.

Key concepts: Existentialism, The Internet, Skepticism, Everyday life, Computer science, Context (archaeology), Ontology, Epistemology

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