The paper focuses on the problem of resistance in advanced information technologies that claim to be ‘autonomous’. The concept of resistance is identified as a transcendental philosophical one, marking conditions of possibility and limits. The claim to autonomy is examined by exposing its conditions. Furthermore, it is shown that informational accesses to reality only reach the typological, but not the eventful, the singular and the concrete quality of experience, which are subject to the individuation principle. Basically, intentionality, inner and historical experience of time, evaluation, eventfulness, singularity and immediacy can be identified as dimensions of resistance, which oppose autonomy in a strong as well as in a weak sense.

Prof. Dr. Klaus Wiegerling was researcher at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis at KIT Karlsruhe until his retirement. He teaches at various universities. Last book publication: “Die ethische Bewertung von Big Data” (The Ethical Assessment of Big Data) (Springer 2023).

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