Philosophy in Augmented Reality

What is it about?

The paper argues examines the medium-specific qualities of digital Augmented Reality that make it suited to a style of philosophical experimentation that was first developed by the Frankfurt School. The Denkbild (thought-image) is a genre designed to produce a flash of recognition that challenges philosophical doxa.

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Why is it important?

The paper is one of the first to situate electronic literature/ installation in a philosophical context. It deepens the way we approach both experimental narrative and philosophy. It also deepens the way we understand the digital medium of augmented reality and its suturing of the real and virtual.