Google is the first known philosophical machine that regulates our dialogue with the world by substituting “vague” metaphysical and ideological presuppositions with strictly formalized and universally applicable rules of access. That is why it is central to contemporary philosophical research to analyze Google’s mode of operation, and in particular to analyze the philosophical presuppositions that determine its structure and functioning. As I will try to show, Google, as a philosophical machine, has its genealogy in the history of philosophy—especially recent philosophy.
Groys, Boris. Google: Words Beyond Grammar. Part of the series “100 Notes—100 Thoughts”, no. 46, Documenta 13: Hatje Cantz, 2012.
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