BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260408T144157Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20150529T101500 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20150529T114500 SUMMARY:The computer as metaphor for the world: a Heideggerian perspective UID:20260408T232428Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-r5qzs TZID:Australia/Melbourne LOCATION:University of Melbourne\, Melbourne\, Australia\, 3010 DESCRIPTION:

In this paper I present a model of reality based on the idea of prespace\, which is a structure more fundamental than space. The model can be seen as spanning metaphysics and speculative theoretical physics. \; In explaining the model\, I utilises the metaphor of a computer to represent the world. In the first part of the paper\, I give an outline of my model and what it implies for the metaphysics of space and quantum mechanics. In the second part\, I shift to a discussion of some of the implications my model and the computer metaphor have for questions regarding meaning and value. In particular\, I address a possible objection to my model &ndash\; that it might fuel what Heidegger calls the technological understanding of being: an understanding of being that threatens human beings and the world we live in. I argue that although my model may appear to reinforce this technological understanding\, it actually can be seen as providing a metaphor for the later Heidegger&rsquo\;s meta-ontology. As such\, it makes room for a variety of ways of revealing the world\, and so has more in common with Heidegger&rsquo\;s hoped-for post-metaphysical thinking.

ORGANIZER;CN=Kristian Camilleri: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR