The Illusion of Presence: ontological limits of algorithmic mediation in contemporary subjectivity
PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) April 24, 2026 Matheus Vinicius Duarte de Souza
This essay examines the ontological limits of algorithmic mediation in the constitution of contemporary subjectivity. Drawing on the critiques of Han (2015, 2022), Zuboff (2019), and Turkle (2011), and grounded in the phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty (1945) and the enactivism of Di Paolo (2005) and Fuchs and De Jaegher (2009), the central argument holds that technical hyperconnectivity...