Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the MillenniumUniversity of Chicago Press, 2007 M12 1 - 282 páginas Holding On to Reality is a brilliant history of information, from its inception in the natural world to its role in the transformation of culture to the current Internet mania and is attendant assets and liabilities. Drawing on the history of ideas, the details of information technology, and the boundaries of the human condition, Borgmann illuminates the relationship between things and signs, between reality and information. "[Borgmann] has offered a stunningly clear definition of information in Holding On to Reality. . . . He leaves room for little argument, unless one wants to pose the now vogue objection: I guess it depends on what you mean by nothing."—Paul Bennett, Wired "A superb anecdotal analysis of information for a hype-addled age."—New Scientist "This insightful and poetic reflection on the changing nature of information is a wonderful antidote to much of the current hype about the 'information revolution.' Borgmann reminds us that whatever the reality of our time, we need 'a balance of signs and things' in our lives."—Margaret Wertheim, LA Weekly |
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... Once digitized , an altar piece can easily be moved from the National Gallery CD to the virtual reality of the church in the Upper Rhine Valley where once it was the center of worship . But the virtual church itself is as free ...
... Once digitized , an altar piece can easily be moved from the National Gallery CD to the virtual reality of the church in the Upper Rhine Valley where once it was the center of worship . But the virtual church itself is as free ...
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... once we have understood information , we will see that the good life requires an adjustment among the three kinds of information and a balance of signs and things . Part One Natural Information Information about Reality This Page ...
... once we have understood information , we will see that the good life requires an adjustment among the three kinds of information and a balance of signs and things . Part One Natural Information Information about Reality This Page ...
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... Once awareness has become the measure of infor- mation , it seems to follow that one and the same awareness can be the result of different kinds of external circumstances . As Adelbert Ames put it , " what a person sees when he looks at ...
... Once awareness has become the measure of infor- mation , it seems to follow that one and the same awareness can be the result of different kinds of external circumstances . As Adelbert Ames put it , " what a person sees when he looks at ...
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... once more a distinction between everything and nothing , and if ev- erything is ambiguous , ambiguity itself becomes nothing . We can call something ambiguous only if it is unambiguously clear what " it , " the " something , " is , just ...
... once more a distinction between everything and nothing , and if ev- erything is ambiguous , ambiguity itself becomes nothing . We can call something ambiguous only if it is unambiguously clear what " it , " the " something , " is , just ...
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... once again , there is something that remains indis- tinct . What lies invisibly within the cognitive compass is the distinc- tion between things that are present immediately and things we have heard or read about . Thus a still more ...
... once again , there is something that remains indis- tinct . What lies invisibly within the cognitive compass is the distinc- tion between things that are present immediately and things we have heard or read about . Thus a still more ...
Contenido
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Part Two Cultural Information Information for Reality | 55 |
Part Three Technological Information Information as Reality | 123 |
Conclusion Information and Reality | 213 |
Notes | 235 |
Index | 265 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium Albert Borgmann Sin vista previa disponible - 2000 |
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