VIC163H1 Study Guide - Virtual Reality, Postmodern Philosophy, Hyperreality
15 Mar 2014
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Differance has three meanings: to differ, to defer, and to deferre (scatter) Differance needs writing and phonetics--> they are always connected. Speech is more real because it comes straight from thoughts, but differance depends on speech and writing. Speech and written word--> one is necessary for the other. Always already there--> nothing is totally empty. Always absent present--> there is no outside text (it is present in its absence)--> h"ors texte. Violent hierarchy--> when something is split into two distinct groups, they are privileged (e. g. if you are not man, you are woman)--> the danger of thinking in binary opposites. Virtual and actual reality are no longer contrasted. This is virtual reality - it is constructed, but it is still real, and involves decisions (e. g. panning away, shots, etc. ) Can"t ever fully predict or divine the future - always changing - differance.
