The digital subject as a new stage in the evolution of the idea of the subject

Abstract

The article examines the evolution of the philosophical concept of the subject, from its interpretation as a projection o f the Creator to the post - structuralist “abolition” of the subject and its replacement by Text. Special attention is p aid to the emergence of a digital quasi-object with features of a new form of subjectivity. The author explores the philosophical foundations o f this transition, based on the ideas of J. Derrida and J. Deleuze, and hypothesizes that the digital object represented by A I and neural networks is a synthesis in the triad of historical development of the concept of the subject. The main characteristics of a digital subject are activity, anti-reflexivity, ontological insubstantiality, and dynamic existence. These properties indicate a profound transformation of the ontological and cultural status of subjectivity in the digital age, where God, the Word, is replaced by God, the Number, and man, the digital object.