Objects in Space As Metaphor for the Internet.
Despite the apparent aptness of the spatial model for Internet concepts, 1 will fly to show that the paradigm is in fact very misleading and unnatural First, I argue that Cyberspace lacks the central features that constitute a space. Then I show that the metaphor creates a poor conceptual model that...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy in the Contemporary World Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 83 - 89 |
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Philosophy Documentation Center
Spring/Summer2002
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| Sumario: | Despite the apparent aptness of the spatial model for Internet concepts, 1 will fly to show that the paradigm is in fact very misleading and unnatural First, I argue that Cyberspace lacks the central features that constitute a space. Then I show that the metaphor creates a poor conceptual model that yields false or misleading conclusions about how Cyberspace functions. |
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