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Solving the Black Box Problem: A Normative Framework for Explainable Artificial Intelligence
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Metadata
- Authors
- Zednik, C.
- Affiliations
- Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Zednik, Carlos
- ORCID
- Zednik, Carlos
- Venue
- Philosophy & Technology
- Published
- 2019-12-20
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 265-288
- ISSN
- 2210-5433 (ISSN-L)
- 2210-5441
- OpenAlex
- W2955132579
- Cited by
- 419
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 67 · 2025: 95 · 2024: 87 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 74 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 3
- FWCI
- 13.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- arxiv.org
- Locations
- Philosophy & Technology (publishedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Keywords
- explainable AI, black box problem, opacity, normative framework, philosophy of science, feature visualization, diagnostic classification, machine learning transparency
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