tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post5611860686484822510..comments2024-03-28T09:51:55.365-06:00Comments on ECOLOGY WITHOUT NATURE: “Somewhere Out There, There's a Bullet with Your Name on It”Timothy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-54947193796921113112010-08-12T00:15:09.896-05:002010-08-12T00:15:09.896-05:00Tim, I might add that there is a whole Badiouan re...Tim, I might add that there is a whole Badiouan resonance here as well. I was re-reading part of <i>Being and Event</i> today w/ this in mind: the event being the undecidable of the situation (which nonetheless one decides, thereby making oneself a subject). This might be one way to more fully elaborate an account of "events" for nonhumans. (I tend just to <i>stipulate</i> this, but that might be just laziness on my part...)skholiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410057905377189336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-53373983180741837292010-08-10T21:30:47.298-05:002010-08-10T21:30:47.298-05:00Skholiast, I was thinking the same thing--Cantor i...Skholiast, I was thinking the same thing--Cantor is for sure in the background here. I'm glad you like Hofstadter. What a tome.Timothy Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-40743875502938807932010-08-10T15:29:41.091-05:002010-08-10T15:29:41.091-05:00Very stimulating thoughts Tim,
Its a similar argu...Very stimulating thoughts Tim,<br /><br />Its a similar argument to the idea that every plan has its contingencies. And I think you're heading on an interesting pathway with objects. <br /><br />As you know, contingencies are entities which frame my thoughts in conjunction with algorithms. There are always disruptors and destroyers which operate contingent in relation to other operations.<br /><br />I think whats worth considering though is the relationship between object-destroyers and object-builders so to speak. Perhaps there are different variations of relation with regard to destroying and composing?Robert Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714433087186290937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-80725485741529370682010-08-10T09:24:01.993-05:002010-08-10T09:24:01.993-05:00I've often thought that the withdrawal/availab...I've often thought that the withdrawal/availability "split" of OOO is akin to the Cantorian diagonal proof (one infinity veering away from another), on which Godel based his own. <br /><br />In any case, Hofstadter's book will go down as one of the great <i>literary</i> masterpieces of 20th-c philosophy, and I still think it sums up beautifully a piece of insight as old as Plato but always new: that a model can include a representation of its own falling-short as model.skholiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05410057905377189336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-47856750136774233702010-08-10T08:07:20.882-05:002010-08-10T08:07:20.882-05:00This is a dynamite idea. I posted my first thought...This is a dynamite idea. I posted my first thought about why it's so important to me at http://drjon.typepad.com/jon_cogburns_blog/2010/08/provocative-post-by-morton-on-goedel.html . I'm swamped right now and not able to devote the serious thought it deserves, but will try to get something more substantive up in a few days. <br /><br />(P.S. Sorry I'm so tardy with e-mail. Will be caught up in the next two days.)<br /><br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com