DIGITALIZATION AS A NEW EPISTEMOLOGICAL PARADIGM OF UNDERSTANDING REALITY
Abstract
The rapid development of digital technologies has significantly transformed contemporary epistemological frameworks of understanding reality. Digital infrastructures, artificial intelligence, and global communication networks increasingly influence the processes of knowledge production and circulation. Recent studies in the philosophy of information emphasize that digitalization reshapes the relationship between knowledge, technology, and society. Floridi (2024) argues that modern informational infrastructures create a new epistemic environment in which knowledge processes become embedded in digital systems. Similarly, Peters and Jandrić (2022) describe the emergence of “digital knowledge ecologies,” where knowledge is produced and disseminated through networked environments. Research on digital transformation also highlights the role of technological systems in restructuring knowledge creation and management processes (Ibujés-Villacís & Franco-Crespo, 2023). Furthermore, scholars note that digital society fundamentally changes the epistemological status of knowledge by integrating technological and social dimensions of cognition (van Dijk, 2021; Stahl, 2022). This study interprets digitalization as a new epistemological paradigm that transforms the ontology and circulation of knowledge in contemporary digital society.
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