Trafford, James (2008) The shadow of a puppet dance: Metzinger, Ligotti and the illusion of selfhood. In: Collapse: philosophical research and development. Urbanomic, Falmouth, pp. 185-207. ISBN 978095530874
Creators: | Trafford, James |
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Description/Abstract: | This peer-reviewed essay is an intervention into the emerging field of 'Speculative Realism', which has links to the field of Speculative Aesthetics. The work is essentially an attempt to develop a theory of perception (and more broadly consciousness) that is not at odds with the scientific worldview. In this respect, the dominant views of aesthetic perception (Kantian / neo-Kantian phenomenology) are critiqued in favour of neurophilosophical views stemming from Thomas Metzinger. In order to position myself, I go on to analyse the fiction of Thomas Ligotti to develop the idea of a non-human-centric phenomenal experience. This work operates within several philosophical contexts: one is the debate between phenomenology and scientific realism, of which the developing field of Speculative Realism is a part, and upon which the journal Collapse has been incredibly influential; a further context is that of transcendental materialism; another is that of the relationship between literature and philosophy. The article marks a departure within these fields by suggesting that recent developments in cognitive science can be understood not through a naïve scientism or a kind of brute materialism, but only through understanding the transcendental ramifications to the phenomenal experience of the human. |
Item Type: | Book Section |
Official URL: | http://www.urbanomic.com/pub_collapse4.php |
Date: | May 2008 |
Schools: | School of Communication Design |
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Depositing User: |
Elizabeth Baxter
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Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2013 12:20 |
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2014 10:07 |
URI: | https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/1430 |
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