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Alien phenomenology, or, What it's like to be a thing

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 & rsquo;s Like to Be a Thing, Ian Bogost develops an object-oriented ontology that puts things at the center of being & mdash;a philosophy in which nothing exists any more or less than anything else, in which human.

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