Beginning to Live Poetically in a World of Near-Cognitive Organisations
Thomas B. Kane
International Journal of Computational Linguistics Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2019.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6025/jcl/2019/10/2/44-49
Link: http://www.dline.info/jcl/fulltext/v10n2/jclv10n2_2.pdf
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 Fregeâ€™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 â€œtechnicityâ€ to describe the culture of our modern world which attempts to objectify
everything in it and manipulate it logistically. Although Heidegger believed that â€œonly 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.