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Harman, G. (2018). Object-oriented ontology: A new theory of everything. London: Pelican Books. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (01/10/2025, 01:39) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English Peer reviewed Published ID no. (ISBN etc.): 978-0241269152 BibTeX citation key: Harman2018 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: AI/Machine Learning Keywords: Object-Oriented Ontology Creators: Harman Publisher: Pelican Books (London) |
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"What is reality, really? Are humans more special or important than the non-human objects we perceive? How does this change the way we understand the world? We humans tend to believe that things are only real in as much as we perceive them, an idea reinforced by modern philosophy, which privileges us as special, radically different in kind from all other objects. But as Graham Harman, one of the theory's leading exponents, shows, Object-Oriented Ontology rejects the idea of human specialness: the world, he states, is clearly not the world as manifest to humans. At the heart of this philosophy is the idea that objects - whether real, fictional, natural, artificial, human or non-human - are mutually autonomous. In this brilliant new introduction, Graham Harman lays out the history, ideas and impact of Object-Oriented Ontology, taking in everything from art and literature, politics and natural science along the way." Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |