The Digital Cast of Being: Metaphysics, Mathematics, Cartesianism, Cybernetics, Capitalism, Communication
Michael Eldred · 2009
In this text Australian-German scholar Michael Eldred analyzes the or disclosure of in its manifestation. The goal of the work, stated in Chapter One, is to clarify this cast ontologically and to uncover what must be given in order for digital being to have meaning. Eldred examines beings in their evolution from arithmetic roots in ancient metaphysics to their current dominance in areas such as telecommunication and trade. His interpretive framework largely draws on Heideggerian phenomenology circa Being and Time but also engages Marx's concepts of capital and value.