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The Resource Documentality : why it is necessary to leave traces, Maurizio Ferraris ; translated by Richard Davies

Documentality : why it is necessary to leave traces, Maurizio Ferraris ; translated by Richard Davies

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"This books ushers in a new way of talking about social phenomena. It develops an ontology of social objects on the basis of the claim that registration or inscription - the leaving of a trace to be called up later - is what is most fundamental to them. In doing so, it systematically organizes concepts and theories that Ferraris's predecessors - most notably Derrida, in his project of a positive grammatology - left in an impressionistic state. Ferraris begins by redefining ontology as a way of cataloguing the world. Before any epistemology can discuss the validity of scientific or nonscientific judgments, one faces a collection of objects, be they natural, ideal, or social. Among these, Ferraris focuses on social objects, elaborating a theory of experience in the social world that leads him to define social objects as "inscribed acts." He then uses this notion to interpret social phenomena, also in light of a systematic discussion of the concept of performatives, from Austin to Derrida and Searle. Moving into considerations of the present technological revolution, Ferraris develops a "symptomatology of the document, " which leads to a consideration of legal systems, finding in them original applications for his theory that an object equals a written act"--provided by publisher
Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • eng
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Publication
Extent
viii, 380 pages
Contents
  • Introduction : marriages and years in jail.
  • Catalog of the world.
  • Ontology and epistemology.
  • Social objects.
  • Ichnology.
  • Documentality.
  • Idioms
Isbn
9780823249695
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Documentality : why it is necessary to leave traces
Title
Documentality
Title remainder
why it is necessary to leave traces
Statement of responsibility
Maurizio Ferraris ; translated by Richard Davies
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Contributor
Translator
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Language
  • eng
  • ita
  • eng
Summary
"This books ushers in a new way of talking about social phenomena. It develops an ontology of social objects on the basis of the claim that registration or inscription - the leaving of a trace to be called up later - is what is most fundamental to them. In doing so, it systematically organizes concepts and theories that Ferraris's predecessors - most notably Derrida, in his project of a positive grammatology - left in an impressionistic state. Ferraris begins by redefining ontology as a way of cataloguing the world. Before any epistemology can discuss the validity of scientific or nonscientific judgments, one faces a collection of objects, be they natural, ideal, or social. Among these, Ferraris focuses on social objects, elaborating a theory of experience in the social world that leads him to define social objects as "inscribed acts." He then uses this notion to interpret social phenomena, also in light of a systematic discussion of the concept of performatives, from Austin to Derrida and Searle. Moving into considerations of the present technological revolution, Ferraris develops a "symptomatology of the document, " which leads to a consideration of legal systems, finding in them original applications for his theory that an object equals a written act"--provided by publisher
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1956-
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Ferraris, Maurizio
Dewey number
140
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
Translated from Italian
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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1959-
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Davies, Richard
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  • Object (Philosophy)
  • Object (Philosophy)
  • Philosophy, Modern
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Documentality : why it is necessary to leave traces, Maurizio Ferraris ; translated by Richard Davies
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Introduction : marriages and years in jail. -- Catalog of the world. -- Ontology and epistemology. -- Social objects. -- Ichnology. -- Documentality. -- Idioms
Control code
FIEb17215882
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
viii, 380 pages
Isbn
9780823249695
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)820630199
Label
Documentality : why it is necessary to leave traces, Maurizio Ferraris ; translated by Richard Davies
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier.
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent.
Contents
Introduction : marriages and years in jail. -- Catalog of the world. -- Ontology and epistemology. -- Social objects. -- Ichnology. -- Documentality. -- Idioms
Control code
FIEb17215882
Dimensions
23 cm.
Extent
viii, 380 pages
Isbn
9780823249695
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia.
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)820630199

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