Conceiving Virtuality: From Art To Technology

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This book provides new theoretical approaches to the subject of virtuality. All chapters reflect the importance of extending the analysis of the concept of “the virtual” to areas of knowledge that, until today, have not been fully included in its philosophical foundations. The respective chapters share new insights on art, media, psychic systems and technology, while also presenting new ways of articulating the concept of the virtual with regard to the main premises of Western thought. Given its thematic scope, this book is intended not only for a philosophical audience, but also for all scientists who have turned to the humanities in search of answers to their questions. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Utopia, Ideology, and Philosophy (Henrique Jales Ribeiro)....Pages 1-20 Phenomenology and the Challenge of Virtuality (Daniel O’Shiel)....Pages 21-43 Personality, Dissociation and Organic-Psychic Latency in Pierre Janet’s Account of Hysterical Symptoms (Edmundo Balsemão Pires)....Pages 45-67 Sonic Virtuality, Environment, and Presence (Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard)....Pages 69-80 Imagination and Virtuality. On Susanne Langer’s Theory of Artistic Forms (Joaquim Braga)....Pages 81-93 The Virtual as Precondition for Artistic Creation (Michaela Ott)....Pages 95-109 The Virtuality of Cinema: Beyond the Documentary-Fiction Divide with Peter Watkins and Mark Rappaport (João Pedro Cachopo)....Pages 111-118 Digital Fabrication and Its Meanings for Photography and Film (Matthew Crippen)....Pages 119-131 The Reality of the Virtual in Deleuze’s Transcendental Empiricism (Paulo M. Barroso)....Pages 133-144 The Scope of the Virtual in the Treatment of Melancholia (Cláudio Alexandre S. Carvalho)....Pages 145-168 The End of the Virtual? A Hermeneutical Approach to Digitality (Alberto Romele)....Pages 169-180 Virtuality Beyond Reproduction. Remarks on the History of Metaphysics (Simone Guidi)....Pages 181-210