Ontology and Alterity in Merleau-PontyGalen A. Johnson, Michael Bradley Smith McAllestar (computer science, MIT) describes ONTIC, the interactive system for verifying represents a significant change of direction in the field of mechanical deduction, a key area in computer science and artificial intelligence. Fourteen interrelated essays comprise a multifaceted dialogue about intersubjectivity, reciprocity, and the nature of self and other, especially as these themes are developed in Merleau-Ponty's The Visible and the invisible. The question they explore is whether the reversible alterity of sensing and being sensed, a theme at the heart of Merleau-Ponty's thought, is sufficient for understanding the alterity of other persons and of nature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
MerleauPonty and Lefort on Alterity | 1 |
Otherness | 14 |
Gary Brent Madison Flesh as Otherness | 27 |
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