EPISTEMOLOGY AND ITS AMBIGUOUS TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Natalia Igorevna Kozhokaru
State Academic University for the Humanities, Russia, Moscow
Keywords: epistemology, digital age, knowledge, truth, algorithms, artificial intelligence, verification, epistemic injustice
Abstract
In the context of the digital transformation of society, traditional epistemological concepts are undergoing significant changes. Historically, the theory of knowledge developed from ancient ideas about knowledge as objective truth to more complex models of the New Age and postmodernism. However, the 21st century has posed new challenges to epistemology associated with digital technologies. The digital environment has changed the mechanisms of formation, verification and dissemination of knowledge. Information overload, algorithmic filters and the influence of artificial intelligence have led to a shift in traditional criteria of reliability. Instead of cause-and-effect relationships, correlation methods are widely used in data analysis, which affects the processes of scientific knowledge. The phenomena of "epistemic bubbles" and post-truth have also emerged, undermining classical concepts of truth. The author considers digital epistemology as a new stage in the development of the philosophy of knowledge. Key transformations are analyzed, including the change in the role of the subject of knowledge, the problem of digital truth and the formation of new types of knowledge in the era of big data. Possible strategies for adapting classical epistemological concepts to modern conditions are proposed.
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