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Humanity has sat at the center of philosophical thinking for too long. The recent advent of environmental philosophy and posthuman studies has widened our scope of inquiry to include ecosystems, animals, and artificial intelligence. Yet the vast majority of the stuff in our universe, and even in our lives, remains beyond serious philosophical concern. In __Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing__ , Ian Bogost develops an object-oriented ontology that puts things at the center of being—a philosophy in which nothing exists any more or less than anything else, in which humans are elements but not the sole or even primary elements of philosophical interest. And unlike experimental phenomenology or the philosophy of technology, Bogost’s alien phenomenology takes for granted that __all__ beings interact with and perceive one another. This experience, however, withdraws from human comprehension and becomes accessible only through a speculative philosophy based on metaphor. Providing a new approach for understanding the experience of things __as__ things, Bogost also calls on philosophers to rethink their craft. Drawing on his own background as a videogame designer, Bogost en

Who reads Alien Phenomenology, or What It’s Like to Be a Thing (Posthumanities)?

Author

Ian Bogost

Publisher

Minnesota, University of Minnesota Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816678976

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Physics, Science

Rating

3.54 / 5 (225 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14