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In Medias Res : Journal of the Philosophy of Media, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2012.

Original scientific paper

About Freedom, Determinism and Technodeterminism

Sead Alić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-9142 ; University North, University Center Koprivnica, Croatia

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Abstract

What is ‘technological determinism’? Was Marshall McLuhan a ‘technological determinist’? The text compares different meanings of the term ‘determinism’. The text wants to show that the media philosophy warns of media influences on human experience. Marshall MacLuhan is not a technological determinist. Understanding human freedom does not fall into the domain of determinism. The text criticizes the views of authors who point to equalizing the views of the media philosophy and technological determinism.

Keywords

determinism; freedom; Holbach; McLuhan; technological determinism; Bošković; Einstein; Locke

Hrčak ID:

114396

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/114396

Publication date:

3.9.2012.

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