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In response to Peter–Paul Verbeek’s and Paul Levinson’s reviews of my article ‘In Between Us,’ I comment on four criticisms. Firstly, my approach of ‘mediation as such’ does not endorse the view of mediation as secondary to mediata (i.e., entities), but does not exclude it either. Secondly, my concepts of “transparency of use” and of “context” are to be seen as philosophical ‘tools’ and not as mutually exclusive states. Thirdly, I agree with Levinson that technologies do indeed remediate, and mostly not for the worse. However, fourthly, at the same time we should always be on guard for their nefarious effects.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

    Yoni Van Den Eede

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Van Den Eede, Y. Of Humans & Cyborgs, Caterpillars & Butterflies. Found Sci 17, 401–405 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-011-9252-9

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