Spectral machinery (or beyond essence and system)
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Article Title | Spectral machinery (or beyond essence and system) |
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ERA Journal ID | 8481 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Johnson, Laurie |
Journal Title | The Journal of Philosophy |
Journal of Philosophy | |
Journal Citation | 7 (17), pp. 40-59 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2012 |
Place of Publication | Kirtipur, Nepal |
ISSN | 0022-362X |
1939-8549 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5840/jphilnepal20127175 |
Web Address (URL) | http://secure.pdcnet.org/jphilnepal/content/jphilnepal_2012_0007_0017_0040_0059 |
Abstract | The prospects for a phenomenology of technology have been guided in the past decade by a split between supporters of Martin Heidegger and those who subscribe to Bernard Stiegler's critique of Heidegger. This essay proposes that both are needed for a phenomenology of what Edward Castronova calls 'synthetic worlds' (large on-line environments like Second Life and World of Warcraft). Here is a phenomenology that must take into account histories of design and technical evolution to account for the particular 'fantasy of disembodiment' that shapes a user's experience of a synthetic world, forgetting the bodily engagement with hardware. |
Keywords | phenomenology; psychoanalysis; Bernard Stiegler; Martin Heidegger; technics |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 500201. History and philosophy of engineering and technology |
500310. Phenomenology | |
470514. Literary theory | |
Public Notes | Copyright of Journal of Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry is the property of Society for Philosophy & |
Byline Affiliations | Public Memory Research Centre |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1y56/spectral-machinery-or-beyond-essence-and-system
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