Pragmatogonies: A Mythical Account of How Humans and Nonhumans Swap Properties
Abstract
In a special issue devoted to human-non-human attribution, it uses the former paper to show that the two extreme positions of humans and non-humans are devoid of meaning and should be replaced, instead, by the exchange of properties, competences and performances. There is no sense in which a human or a technique can be said to exist.
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AI technology represents a significant invading actor in its own right.
“AI technology therefore represents a significant 'invading actor' in its own right (Heusinkveld et al., 2018;Latour, 1994).”
From The AI of the Beholder: Intra‐Professional Sensemaking of an Epistemic Technology (2025) · cites this paper as Latour, 1994
New technologies may expose professional groups to jurisdictional contestation as invading actors of other professions seek to extend control over new tasks and domains of expertise.
“Conversely, new technologies may expose professional groups to jurisdictional contestation as the 'invading actors' of other professions seek to extend their control over new tasks and domains of expertise (Heusinkveld et al., 2018;Latour, 1994).”
From The AI of the Beholder: Intra‐Professional Sensemaking of an Epistemic Technology (2025) · cites this paper as Latour, 1994
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- Authors
- LATOUR, B.
- Affiliations
- Centre de sociologie de l'innovation (FR)
- Corresponding author
- LATOUR, BRUNO
- ORCID
- LATOUR, BRUNO
- Venue
- American Behavioral Scientist
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1994-05
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 791-808
- ISSN
- 0002-7642 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3381
- OpenAlex
- W1995027661
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 97.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Behavioral Scientist (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Keywords
- property exchange, pragmatism, humanism
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