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HIPEROBJETO [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Global warming is perhaps the most dramatic example of "hyperobjects" - entities of such vast temporal and spatial dimensions that they defeat traditional ideas about what a thing is in the first place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Filosofía (Generalidades)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
CONT

El término hiperobjeto fue planteado por Timothy Morton en el libro Pensamiento ecológico, y se refiere a cosas(objetos) que son tan grandes(o complejas) que se precisa distancia para poder verlas(o comprenderlas) ;una distancia que permita no solo perspectivas, sino también, y ante todo, información.

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