Where Are You? : An Ontology of the Cell Phone /

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This book sheds light on the most philosophically interesting of contemporary objects: the cell phone. Despite their name, this book argues that cell phones are not really all that good for sound and speaking. Instead, the main philosophical point of this book is that mobile phones have come into th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferraris, Maurizio, 1956- (Author)
Other Authors: De Sanctis, Sarah (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Italiano
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kulturphilosophie
Technikphilosophie
Mobile Telekommunikation
Handy
Ontology.
Cell phones > Social aspects.
Cell phones.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Communication Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
ontology (metaphysics)
Ontologie.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Translator's Note; Introduction: Where Are You?; I: Perì Mail: The Pharaoh's Mobile Phone; 1 Speaking; 2 Writing; 3 Recording; 4 Constructing; The Bottle Imp; II: Social Objects: Realism and Textualism; 5 Strong Realism; 6 Strong Textualism; 7 Weak Realism; 8 Weak Textualism; Epilogue; Notes; References; Index.

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