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Expanded and Integrated Entries from the Orthogonal Encyclopedia on Nature

Burback, Kyle
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors149277574680419

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2017, Bachelor of Arts, Ohio University, English.
Self-addressed apostrophe within a Leibnizian Modal Realist's world deconstructs a modal self, reassembling it to arrive at the precipice of anotherness. Theoretical implications of the self-addressed apostrophe call solipsistic skepticism (an ontological position claiming only the self exists) into doubt by first pluralizing the self, and then redefining the self in plural terms. Three spheres carry out the deconstruction and reassembly of the self: an anachronistic, timeless sphere in which the plural selves operate, an opening produced by the self-addressed apostrophe; a temporal sphere in which take place the historical events culminating in the apostrophe; and a logical sphere in which conceptual dilemmas are addressed and reconciled. The timeless sphere presents the plural selves' dialogue, which frames the historical sphere. This framing reorganizes the historical events within a timeless present; the ahistorical organization produces, out of a determinate set of events, indeterminate possibilities in terms of which a plural self may be defined. The logical sphere pervades both the historical and timeless spheres. The logic therein described, delivered via episodes of dialogue, provides a conceptual schema within which Modal Realism may be used to locate the self across plural selves.
Joan Connor (Advisor)
89 p.
Literature; Logic
apostrophe; anachronism; modal realism; realism; romanticism; magical realism; solipsism; determinism

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  • Burback, K. (2017). Expanded and Integrated Entries from the Orthogonal Encyclopedia on Nature [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors149277574680419

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Burback, Kyle. Expanded and Integrated Entries from the Orthogonal Encyclopedia on Nature. 2017. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors149277574680419.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Burback, Kyle. "Expanded and Integrated Entries from the Orthogonal Encyclopedia on Nature." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors149277574680419

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