Spatial cognition and philosophical issues of internet technologies

This paper provides a philosophical analysis of Internet technologies from the perspective of the constructivism theory. Research shows that the active role of cognition is the most important aspect of the constructivism paradigm as a methodology for analyzing this type of technology. This reinforces the importance for Internet technologies to be explored as a qualitatively new sphere of human creative and constructive activities. Constructive realism can be seen to be the most appropriate approach when considering modern technological development, and characterizes the period of Internet technologies formation and progress. It reinforces the need to clarify features and to analyze the influence these technologies have on social reality and consequently to research new approaches to humanism. Humanism being understood as revealing transformations of social values and the meaning of human life from the perspective of Internet technological development; to research the development of new social and cultural standards, and the transformation of “old” traditional ones.