Digital Theory

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Proposes a powerful new theoretical approach to the concept of the digital


Digital Theory argues that the digital is theoretical and should be understood not uniquely in terms of consumer electronics but rather more broadly as a form of mediation using discrete units. Building on this definition, the three essays in this volume explore digitality's relation to thinking, signs, and difference.

M. Beatrice Fazi begins the discussion by way of three propositions on the ontological reach and epistemological scope of digital theory. Alexander R. Galloway then defines the necessary conditions for any symbolic order of the digital type, specifying a series of ten simple mathemes. Matthew Handelman and Leif Weatherby conclude by characterizing digital theory through the dialectical relation between quality and quantity. Taken together, these works expound productively and provocatively on the digital's far-reaching theoretical potential.

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M. Beatrice Fazi is a philosopher known for her work in the philosophy of computation, of technology, and of media.

Alexander R. Galloway is a writer and computer programmer working on issues in philosophy, technology, and theories of mediation.

Matthew Handelman is associate professor of German and interim director of digital humanities at Michigan State University.

Leif Weatherby is associate professor of German and director of the Digital Theory Lab at New York University.