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Of course, i *would *forget to attach the article. Here it is. mike On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 4:56 PM, mike cole <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorting through all the unread journals and seeking to bring order to the > helterskelter > of my intellectual meanderings, i came across this article that I think > should hold some > interest for xmca-o-philes. > > As some of you know, I have an abiding interest in the idea of tertiary > artifacts, works of > art, for Wartofsky (so I learned from Yrjo), play, "alternative worlds" > like the 5th Dimension > that Peg Griffin invented and I have played in for a long time. But I also > teach and think (think and > teach?) about various communication media including novels and sitcoms. > This article caught > my attention in that odd nexus of interests: fiction as "simulations," or, > we might say, tertiary artifacts, or we might say, "tools to think with." > > Delete or read along, as the mood catches you. > mike >
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