On the Digital Ocean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2228672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Pourciau (0009-0007-0252-1087), Sarah M Pourciau (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-261 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-1896 • E-ISSN: 1539-7858 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/717319 |
| OpenAlex | W4200480902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
The article investigates the mathematical and philosophical backdrop of the digital ocean as contemporary model, moving from the digitalized ocean of Georg Cantor's set theory to that of Alan Turing's computation theory. It examines in Cantor what is arguably the most rigorous historical attempt to think the structural essence of the continuum, in order to clarify what disappears from the computational paradigm once Turing begins to advocate for the structural irrelevance of this ancient ground
Coastal and Marine Management · Geology · Language and cultural evolution · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Oceanography
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |