Open AccessOn Thinking in the Anthropocene: A Sketch of a Proposal
Author(s) -
Riccardo Baldissone
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
anthropocenes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2633-4321
DOI - 10.16997/ahip.924
Subject(s) - sketch , anthropocene , construct (python library) , rationalization (economics) , epistemology , logos bible software , cognitive science , sociology , philosophy , computer science , psychology , environmental ethics , theology , programming language , algorithm
The paper suggests, on the basis of paleoanthropological evidence, a hypothetical differentiation of human modes of thinking. Moreover, on the basis of historical evidence, it reconsiders the so-called passage from mythos to logos as a Greek rationalization of the shift between the technologies of speech and writing and their associated modes of thinking respectively. Finally, it relies on these considerations to construct digital information as an opportunity at once to redistribute the powers of writing and reconfigure thinking.