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A Philosophy of Gun ViolenceChekhov’s Gun

A Philosophy of Gun Violence: Chekhov’s Gun [This chapter connects the materiality of the artifact to the language of design. Technical mediation is explained through the demand characteristics, scripts, and affordances of our technological artifacts. It is argued that artifacts speak to their users in implicit ways—both deliberate and not—which guide the user toward a specific outcome. In the case of the gun, the primary use is to aim the weapon and pull the trigger, which results in the firing of a projectile at high speed (at whom and for what purpose is irrelevant). The Actor-Network Theory is used to make an important distinction between the agency of objects and technological determinism.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Philosophy of Gun ViolenceChekhov’s Gun

Reid, Alan J.
Springer Journals — Aug 21, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-031-11003-0
Pages
71 –101
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10.1007/978-3-031-11004-7_3
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[This chapter connects the materiality of the artifact to the language of design. Technical mediation is explained through the demand characteristics, scripts, and affordances of our technological artifacts. It is argued that artifacts speak to their users in implicit ways—both deliberate and not—which guide the user toward a specific outcome. In the case of the gun, the primary use is to aim the weapon and pull the trigger, which results in the firing of a projectile at high speed (at whom and for what purpose is irrelevant). The Actor-Network Theory is used to make an important distinction between the agency of objects and technological determinism.]

Published: Aug 21, 2022

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