VOLUME 17 • 2018
MOBILE VISUALITIES AND TECHNOLOGICALLY-MEDIATED RELATIONSHIPS: HOW IMAGES ARE SHAPING ONLINE USERS’ SOCIAL LIVES
ABSTRACT. I inspected the relevant literature on the visual content in the social media realm, providing both quantitative evidence on trends and numerous in-depth empirical examples. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from Adobe, Audience Project, Pew Research Center, Software Advice..
SMART EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEMS: COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHMS IN TECHNOLOGY-SUPPORTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
ABSTRACT. I inspect the relevant literature on smart education, providing both quantitative evidence on trends and numerous in-depth empirical examples. Using data from Deloitte, Forrester, HubSpot, Ironpaper, Narrative Science, O*NET database, and Statista, I performed analyses and made estimates r..
THE SYMBOLIC RHETORIC OF POLICE INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS
ABSTRACT. This research synthesizes existing studies and investigates the police interview discourse. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from Pew Research Center, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding percentage of officers saying they strongly (dis)agree/(dis)agree that s..
BIG DATA LEARNING ANALYTICS AND ALGORITHMIC DECISION-MAKING IN DIGITAL EDUCATION GOVERNANCE
ABSTRACT. This article reviews and advances existing literature concerning digital education governance. Building my argument by drawing on data collected from Cowen, Deloitte, Forbes, Global Market Insights, Ironpaper, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, and Statista, I performed analyses and made estimates..
FAKE NEWS, HEALTH LITERACY, AND MISINFORMED PATIENTS: THE FATE OF SCIENTIFIC FACTS IN THE ERA OF DIGITAL MEDICINE
ABSTRACT. This article reviews and advances existing literature concerning the fate of scientific facts in the era of digital medicine. Using data from Morning Consult and Pew Research Center, I performed analyses and made estimates regarding percentage of online news consumers who get news online f..
REGULATION OF AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL DECISION-MAKING AND ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT ALGORITHMIC SYSTEMS: IS THE GDPR A POWERFUL ENOUGH MECHANISM TO PROTECT DATA SUBJECTS?
ABSTRACT. I inspected the relevant literature on automated decision-making in the GDPR, providing both quantitative evidence on trends and numerous in-depth empirical examples. Using data from Ascend2, Liana Technologies, Marketo, Spiceworks, and Talend, I performed analyses and made estimates regar..
NUMBERS AS PICTURES OF EXTENSIONS
ABSTRACT. In his middle period Wittgenstein wrote that numbers are pictures of extensions. We interpret and defend this claim and develop Wittgenstein’s critique of referential accounts of number signs. Wittgenstein argues that the sign of an extension is a list and that number signs schematize list..
WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS? OR, WHERE HAVE ALL THE GODS GONE?
ABSTRACT. Belief in God is a steady epistemic state sustaining an ancient social institution. Not only is it still with us, it is still the same as it ever was. It rests on the same inspiration it did thousands of years ago, commanding the same attention with the same motivation. Deities come and go..
ORDINARY OBJECTS ARE NONMODAL OBJECTS
ABSTRACT. Although it’s widely recognized that our concepts can differ in grainedness, the corollary question of whether objects can differ in grainedness has been little discussed. My focus in this paper will be on the modal grainedness of physical objects. Intuitively, the more fine-grained someth..
REJECTING MATHEMATICAL REALISM WHILE ACCEPTING INTERACTIVE REALISM
ABSTRACT. Indispensabilists contend that accepting scientific realism while rejecting mathematical realism involves a double standard. I refute this contention by developing an enhanced version of scientific realism, which I call interactive realism. It holds that interactively successful theories a..