Unintelligent Design
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6226703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Tenen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-156 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | boundary 2 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-3659 • E-ISSN: 1527-2141 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01903659-3826663 |
| OpenAlex | W4242116046 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
The Infinite Monkey Theorem (IMT) is a familiar trope (involving monkeys and typewriters), meant to explore the limits of randomly generated composition. In this essay, I draw a brief genealogy of the trope in philosophy and in fiction, discuss its relevance to several major conversations on aesthetics, science, and creationism in the twentieth century, and finally examine an actual text written by a troupe of Sulawesi macaques
Aesthetics · Art · Composition (language · Epistemology · Literature · Political science · Relevance (law · Sociology · Trope (literature · Digital Games and Media · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · History · Language and cultural evolution · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |