On delight: Thoughts for tomorrow

The article introduces the problematics of the classical two-valued logic on which Western thought is generally based, outlining that under the conditions of its logical assumptions the subject I is situated in a world that it cannot address. In this context, the article outlines a short history of...

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Published inTechnoetic arts : a journal of speculative research Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 43 - 51
Main Author Westermann, Claudia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Intellect 01.03.2018
Intellect Ltd
Subjects
aesthetics
Agency theory
China
Cognition & reasoning
Conversation Theory
Cybernetics
Logic
Poetics
second-order cybernetics
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ISSN1477-965X
1758-9533
DOI10.1386/tear.16.1.43_1

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Summary:The article introduces the problematics of the classical two-valued logic on which Western thought is generally based, outlining that under the conditions of its logical assumptions the subject I is situated in a world that it cannot address. In this context, the article outlines a short history of cybernetics and the shift from first- to second-order cybernetics. The basic principles of Gordon Pask’s 1976 Conversation Theory are introduced. It is argued that this second-order theory grants agency to others through a re-conception of living beings as You logically transcending the I. The key principles of Conversation Theory are set in relation to the poetic forms of discourse that played a key role in art as well as philosophical thinking in China in the past. Second-order thinking, the article argues, is essentially poetic. It foregoes prediction in favour of the potentiality of encountering tomorrow’s delights.
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ISSN:1477-965X
1758-9533
DOI:10.1386/tear.16.1.43_1