El declive de la razón bajo el poder algorítmico en la democracia contemporánea
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El presente trabajo analiza el declive contemporáneo de la razón en el contexto del poder algorítmico que caracteriza a la era digital. Una vez fundamentadas la libertad humana y la agencia moral, la razón se encuentra hoy subordinada a la racionalidad instrumental, encarnada en algoritmos diseñados para optimizar la eficiencia, la predicción y el control. La justificación del tema radica en la necesidad urgente de comprender cómo esta transformación tecnológica afecta la autonomía humana, el pensamiento crítico y la vida democrática. El objetivo del estudio es explorar las implicaciones filosóficas y políticas de esta transformación mediante un enfoque teórico-conceptual, sustentado en el análisis crítico de fuentes filosóficas contemporáneas. La metodología utilizada combina la revisión bibliográfica y la reflexión argumentativa. El artículo se organiza a partir de cuatro proposiciones: 1) el poder algorítmico prolonga la lógica de la razón instrumental y actúa como mecanismo de control biopolítico; 2) la razón crítica se debilita progresivamente ante la automatización de los procesos de pensamiento; 3) esta transformación genera una crisis epistémica y política que afecta la razón pública y la responsabilidad moral; 4) defender la democracia digital requiere una pedagogía centrada en la reflexión ética, la agencia epistémica y la educación crítica. Se concluye que revitalizar la razón es condición necesaria para enfrentar los desafíos de la era algorítmica.
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