[-empyre-] real vs. unreal

[Diane Gromala]

Whitehead may be useful as well.

Best,
Diane
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On 2011-05-01, at 2:27 AM, Simon Biggs wrote:

> Start with Heidegger and then Latour. They establish a useful ontology that
> allows for non-human and inanimate agency that probably accommodates the new
> definition you seek.
> 
> Best
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> On 30/04/2011 04:07, "John Craig Freeman" <John_Craig_Freeman at emerson.edu>
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> From: Will Pappenheimer <willpap at gmail.com>
>>> 
>>> I think we are in need of a new definition of existence, one that includes
>>> the digital or networked object.
>> 
>> Call it a consensual, collective hallucination.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> John Craig Freeman
>> Associate Professor of New Media
>> 
>> Emerson College
>> Department of Visual and Media Arts
>> 120 Boylston Street
>> Boston, MA 02116-4624
>> (617) 824-8862
>> john_craig_freeman at emerson.edu
>> http://JohnCraigFreeman.net
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