International Journal of Computational Linguistics Research
Beginning to Live Poetically in a World of Near-Cognitive Organisations
Thomas B. Kane Centre for Social Informatics Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
Abstract: The 20th century saw extraordinary developments in the related fields of mathematical logic, computer science
and philosophy. Gottlob Frege, who introduced the highly successful system of Predicate Calculus and a workable notion of
mathematical proof, believed his Predicate Calculus to be an arithmetical language of concepts and pure thought. Martin
Heidegger developed grave reservations about the pervasiveness of Frege’s method in the world, believing that it inexorably
leads to a bleeding out of meaning from human activities and a diminished understanding of the poetical complexity of the
human being. He coined the phrase “technicity†to describe the culture of our modern world which attempts to objectify
everything in it and manipulate it logistically. Although Heidegger believed that “only a God can save usâ€, we will be
focusing here on efforts to employ theatricality to address the deadening influences of the tools of modern technology on the
poetical possibilities of the modern human being.
Keywords: Mathematical Logic, Cognition Beginning to Live Poetically in a World of Near-Cognitive Organisations
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