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...

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Publicado en:Philosophy in the Contemporary World Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 83 - 89
Autor principal: Skipper, Robert Boyd
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Philosophy Documentation Center Spring/Summer2002
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