Hermeneutical Postphenomenology: Computational Tools and the Lure of Objectivity
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 38, Issue 3, pp. 1078–1087 — Oxford University Press / ADHO
Abstract
Argues that computational tools embed developer subjectivity and cannot guarantee objective literary interpretation. Proposes 'Hermeneutical Postphenomenology' — drawing on Don Ihde — as the appropriate critical framework for digital humanities methodologies.
Towards a Yoruba Indigenous Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities
Augustine Akintunde Farinola; Paul Akinmayowa Akin-Otiko
International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 153–165 — Edinburgh University Press
Abstract
Argues that DH tools for African language studies must be redesigned to properly process African language data, and proposes a Yoruba-derived indigenous communication model for software development.
Facts Against Speculations: Understanding Patricia Churchland's Neurophilosophy
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Humanities Commons
Abstract
A critical examination of Patricia Churchland's neurophilosophy, evaluating her eliminativist materialism and the claim that folk psychological concepts should be replaced by neuroscientific accounts.
Human and Virtual Reality Technology Relation: A Postphenomenological Analysis
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Humanities Commons / Academia.edu
Abstract
Applies Ihde and Verbeek's postphenomenological framework to analyze the human–VR technology relation, examining how virtual reality mediates embodied experience and perception.
ONLINE RESOURCE
2020
Philip Kitcher's Pragmatic Naturalism: Human Conversation as the Only Ethical Authority
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Humanities Commons / Academia.edu
Abstract
Analyses Kitcher's pragmatic naturalism and his view that ethical authority ultimately derives from democratic, inclusive human conversation rather than objective moral facts.
ONLINE RESOURCE
2020
Towards Scientific and Technological Consciousness: A Panacea for African Development
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Humanities Commons — Network for Digital Humanities in Africa
Abstract
Argues that cultivating scientific and technological consciousness is essential for Africa's development, drawing on philosophy of science and technology studies.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2017
Advances and Anomalies of Virtual Reality Technologies in Medicine
Augustine Akintunde Farinola; J.J. Unah
African Journal of Philosophy
Abstract
A philosophical analysis of the promises and limitations of virtual reality technologies in medical practice, examining epistemic and ethical dimensions of VR-assisted surgery, therapy, and training.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
2017
Proposing 'Anima Factoris' Criterion: A Critique of Pulmonary and Brain Death Criteria
Augustine Akintunde Farinola; J.J. Unah
Abstract
Introduces the 'Anima Factoris' criterion as an alternative philosophical framework for determining death, critiquing the prevailing pulmonary and brain death criteria in bioethics.
BOOK CHAPTER
2015
Philip Kitcher's Pragmatic Naturalism: An Overview
Augustine Akintunde Farinola
Ethics, Subjectivity and Truth: Contemporary Essays in Philosophy — Palgrave Macmillan
Abstract
An overview and critical analysis of Philip Kitcher's pragmatic naturalism, examining his account of ethics as continuous with naturalistic inquiry. The chapter situates Kitcher's position within broader debates in metaethics and philosophy of science, evaluating his claim that ethical norms can be grounded in a naturalistic account of human flourishing without appeal to objective moral facts.