Responsibility of Action and Situated Cognition in Artefact—User Relationship
Mendoza-Collazos, Juan Carlos LU
(2021)
21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021
In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
219.
p.211-216
- Abstract
I discuss the dilution of responsibility of action and the idea of a symmetrical relationship between artefacts and humans. In doing so, I argue that meaning making is an activity unilaterally performed by agents, leading to an asymmetrical relationship between agents and artefacts. Therefore, the study of the one who is responsible for the action, the meaning-maker (with the capability to act) is crucial for a theory of action responsibility. The latter should not be transferred to derived agents, an abstract brand or impersonal technologies. The study of the origin of actions is crucial for a better understanding of situated cognition in relation to responsibility. Therefore, the role of artefacts in human actions has to be... (More)
I discuss the dilution of responsibility of action and the idea of a symmetrical relationship between artefacts and humans. In doing so, I argue that meaning making is an activity unilaterally performed by agents, leading to an asymmetrical relationship between agents and artefacts. Therefore, the study of the one who is responsible for the action, the meaning-maker (with the capability to act) is crucial for a theory of action responsibility. The latter should not be transferred to derived agents, an abstract brand or impersonal technologies. The study of the origin of actions is crucial for a better understanding of situated cognition in relation to responsibility. Therefore, the role of artefacts in human actions has to be reconsidered, since artefacts acquire functions by means of designing and they do not act for themselves. These issues have consequences for our understanding of situated cognition and for the current debate on responsibility of AI technologies, as well as for work analysis and design.
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- author
- Mendoza-Collazos, Juan Carlos
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Agency, Artefact—user relationship, Cognitive semiotics, Situated cognition
- host publication
- Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) : Volume 1: Systems and Macroergonomics - Volume 1: Systems and Macroergonomics
- series title
- Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
- editor
- Black, Nancy L. ; Neumann, W. Patrick and Noy, Ian
- volume
- 219
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
- conference name
- 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021
- conference location
- Virtual, Online
- conference dates
- 2021-06-13 - 2021-06-18
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85106410360
- ISSN
- 2367-3389
- 2367-3370
- ISBN
- 9783030746018
- 978-3-030-74602-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-74602-5_32
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 4849e19a-ac85-4051-b052-7ec5f4f59fd1
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-14 17:18:56
- date last changed
- 2024-06-15 12:36:18
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