The Logical Structure of Intentional Anonymity

• Authors: Barcz Michał , Gryz Jarek , Wierzbicki Adam
• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

It has been noticed by several authors that the colloquial understanding of anonymity as mere unknownness is insufficient. This common sense notion of anonymity does not recognize the role of the goal for which the anonymity is sought. Starting with the distinction between intentional and unintentional anonymity (which are usually taken to be the same) and the general concept of the non-coordinatability of traits, we offer a logical analysis of anonymity and identification (understood as de-anonymization). In our enquiry, we focus on the intentional aspect of anonymity and develop a metaphor of an “anonymity game” between “perpetrator” and “detective”. Starting from common sense intuitions, we provide a formalized, critical notion of anonymity.

Keywords

EN

anonymity; identification; intentional vs. unintentional; K.A. Wallace; H. Nissenbaum

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Diametros
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 60
• Pages: 1-17

Dates

published

2018-09

Contributors

author

Barcz Michał

• University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy

author

Gryz Jarek

• York University , Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

author

Wierzbicki Adam

• University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.13153/diam.1246

ISSN

ISSN 1733-5566