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All evolution can be viewed as the progressive development of embodied knowledge. Such cognitive evolution takes on a new form when technology is directed toward the acquisition of knowledge. This paper examines the contributions of four kinds of information technology — perception extenders (microscopes, telescopes); cognitive processing enhancers (computers); disseminators of information via high levels of abstraction (written languages); and disseminators of information via high levels of realism (photographs and televisions.)
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Levinson, P. (1986). Information Technologies as Vehicles of Evolution. In: Mitcham, C., Huning, A. (eds) Philosophy and Technology II. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4512-8_3
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