The lack of a comprehensive critique of technicism and its implications for human sciences research

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the future-work section and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1978 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 2 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• AIndividualism and Algorithmic Collectivism: rethinking individual–collective dynamics in the age of AI (2026) · AI & Society · cited 1× · doi

  Future research should move beyond seeing these as opposites and instead explore how education, governance, and technological design might hold algorithmic autonomy and collective ethics in tension - Future studies that test these ideas through empirical work and in more diverse cultural settings would help to ground and extend what has been discussed here

  generalfuture-work section
  Keywords: future research move beyond seeing opposites instead explore
• On the ethnocentricity of scientistic logic (1978) · Dialectical Anthropology · cited 1× · doi

  The paper suggests that future research should focus on developing alternative approaches to scientistic logic and technocentrism. It also suggests that future research should examine the implications of scientistic logic and its social counterpart, technocentrism. Furthermore, it suggests that future research should consider the ethical implications of anthropological inquiry.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: paper suggests future research focus developing alternative approaches
• The political aspect of research ethics in the human sciences (1987) · South African Journal of Sociology · doi

  The gap in current research is the lack of a comprehensive critique of technicism and its implications for human sciences research. The paper identifies a need for a more nuanced understanding of the ethical aspects of human sciences research. The research gap is the lack of a critical model of consciousness and society in human sciences research.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: gap current research lack comprehensive critique technicism implications
• The political aspect of research ethics in the human sciences (1987) · South African Journal of Sociology · doi

  Future research should focus on developing a more comprehensive critique of technicism and its implications for human sciences research. Research should also explore the practical implications of the guidelines for an ethical stance in human sciences research. Future research should aim to develop a more nuanced understanding of the ethical aspects of human sciences research.

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: future research focus developing comprehensive critique technicism implications

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