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What is Metaphysics of Writing (the Metaphysics of the Unilinear Infrastructure of Language)

Human-Computer Interaction and Technology Integration in Modern Society
Compared to the traditional metaphysical idiom of the Platonic style as the mode providing the only means to ‘truth,’ the metaphysics of writing can also be here applied to traditional unilinear writing. The reason for this is that unilinear writing dominates all thought processes: thinking must be shaped in such a way as to accommodate the confines of the unilinear writing.
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Visualising Ethics Through Hypertext
Dominic Garcia (Department of Education, Malta)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5849-2.ch006
Abstract
Ethics has always been a main domain of philosophical study. Hypertextual discursive expression has never been considered as the technology that can revolutionise the way we interpret ethical events and actions. This chapter intends to show that hypertextual discursive expression is not only useful, but also vital in any undertaking that seeks to reframe our ethical deliberations and judgements. The final objective is to convey the message that technology is becoming ever more essential in transforming philosophical thinking.
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