Digital images are both abstract and concrete. They cannot be understood outside the context of the complete interactive system in which they occur.
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Scholarly articles on virtual reality, artificial intelligence, digital art, computer art, digital culture, mathematics, aesthetics, and philosophy by Timothy Binkley.
The Wizard of Ethereal Pictures and Virtual Places
Postmodern algorithms for picture-making are more evanescent than their Renaissance counterparts because computers process information conceptually instead of physically.
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Philosophy and Phenomenological ResearchVol 31 No 3 (1971)pp. 429-432 (4 pages) Available to print and download on JSTOR. Citations
Anniversary Annal
We give the numbers of time an arbitrary importance in our lives. The year is a natural unit of time, but why should 10 of them be more significant than 11 or 12?
Warranting Metaphor
We cannot tell whether a sentence is true or false until we know whether it is used literally or metaphorically.
Consensus and the Justification of Force
How can we tell when the use of force is justified?
Autonomous Creations
The utility of artificial intelligence depends upon having tools that allow us to direct it toward desired goals.
The Consistency of Positivist and Realist Views of Law
The different perspectives on the nature of law articulated by Oliver Wendell Holmes and John Austin can be seen as compatible.
Paradoxes of Interactivity
What do you interact with in an interactive installation?
Real and Pretend
Pretence might be deceptive, cloakng uncomfortable truths with misleading lies. But it may instead be performative, divulging profound truths through exhilarating art.