Are ambient smart environments sufficient for developing good habits?
Ambient smart environments (ASEs) have been proposed as technologically enriched spaces capable of supporting adaptive behaviour and healthier habits Aydin (Philosophy and Technology 32(2):321–338, 2019); Hipólito et al. (Synthese 199(11):4457–4481, 2023); White & Hipólito, (Cognitive Systems Resear...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 206; no. 1; pp. 1 - 28 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=186070417&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 186070417 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00397857 4LI jtl: Synthese issn: 00397857 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2025 vid: 206 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 186070417 10.1007/s11229-025-05060-0 ppf: 1 ppct: 27 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: Are ambient smart environments sufficient for developing good habits? aug: au: Becattini, Valeria Severs, Liberty affil: Institute for Advanced Consciousness Studies, Santa Monica, CA, USA https://ror.org/01c27hj86 Centre for the Philosophy of Science, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal https://ror.org/04tsk2644 Institute of Philosophy II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany sug: keyword: Affordances Agency Ambient technology Extended mind Habits ab: Ambient smart environments (ASEs) have been proposed as technologically enriched spaces capable of supporting adaptive behaviour and healthier habits Aydin (Philosophy and Technology 32(2):321–338, 2019); Hipólito et al. (Synthese 199(11):4457–4481, 2023); White & Hipólito, (Cognitive Systems Research, 84, 101199, 2024) White & Miller, (Synthese, 204(2), 1–24, 2024) White et al. Synthese, 205(1), 1–18, 2024); Verbeek (NanoEthics 3(3):231–242, 2009). Proponents suggest that ASEs effectively disrupt maladaptive habitual behaviours by introducing optimal levels of uncertainty, implicitly guiding users towards healthier patterns of thinking and acting without requiring deliberate reflection. However, we argue that these interventionist approaches risk overlooking the conditions necessary for the consolidation of more sustainable and beneficial habits. In particular, we argue that such habits require the engagement of motivational states, effortful interaction, and opportunities for further reinforcement. To address this gap, we propose that ASE interventions must be complemented by more stable, deliberately structured, design-centred environments (DEs), which provide consistent affordances that explicitly invite reflective, intrinsically motivated interactions. We emphasise how these hybrid environments scaffold learning and feedback processes, and enable agents to progressively refine their engagement with affordances through experience and reflection. Finally, we discuss the broader philosophical and ethical implications, highlighting how hybrid environments mitigate the risks of techno-paternalism, and actively support adaptive autonomy, reflective control, and meaningful behavioural change. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Synthese is a copyright of Springer, 2025. All Rights Reserved. item: Synthese holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2025 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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