RHETOR 103B Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Antisemitism, Software, Homeostasis
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Definition; artificial body part (eg. fake leg) In order to (1) carry out every day tasks and (2) supplement a lack you are accustomed to (a limb that you are used to using) When talking about freud, derrida uses this to show that delusion is a prosthetic, allowing us to carry on in our lives without concern. In the case of hanold, delusion remains even after it is dismissed. Couples and love that threatened his identity annoyed him. His delusion (1) kept him stable (forget lost love for z) as well as (2) open up new possibilities. Computer is extended part of h, acts as a prosthetic. Part of team focusing on keeping h stable. Even if hawking is a subject, he does not have complete control over his assistants (they have more freedom than he does and can resist his will even though they are technically paid to take care of him)