tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post1636162339053155398..comments2024-03-28T09:51:55.365-06:00Comments on ECOLOGY WITHOUT NATURE: Guns and Philosophy (Interesting Band : ) )Timothy Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05067377804366363020noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-88198795017038769932012-12-16T02:56:41.103-06:002012-12-16T02:56:41.103-06:00i guess one refinement i would add is that: while ...i guess one refinement i would add is that: while an object's being exists independently of its relations its agency only arises codependently, which is to say if a gun rests in a drawer and no one is around to use it, it 'is' but it 'does not'...right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1438289051411770399.post-64129443635275008192012-12-15T16:38:17.300-06:002012-12-15T16:38:17.300-06:00Latour provides probably the best way into this to...Latour provides probably the best way into this topic in chapter six of Pandora's Hope, when he tackles the NRA and their facile "guns don't kill, people kill" defence. Mike Bourne has a more recent elaboration of this in his article "Guns don't kill, cyborgs kill", which more usefully captures the nature of the human + gun aggregate. Sure, people kill people without guns, but to kill twenty six or more, that takes a cyborg. My third book project down the line is an application of OOO to guns; not sure if it will ever see the light of day, but the notes are gathering.Paul Reid-Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05305501394205279347noreply@blogger.com