More real than reality? Heidegger and Cavell on film's powers of absorption

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51359/2357-9986.2022.256179

Keywords:

skepticism, world as picture, technology, Heidegger, Cavell

Abstract

The power of (still and moving) pictures to absorb us sometimes makes them feel more real than reality. Following in the footsteps of Martin Heidegger and Stanley Cavell, this paper tries to make historical and philosophical sense of that feeling, tracing it back to epochal changes in our experience that started with the advent of modernity. After highlighting the implications and costs of those changes I point to alternative ways of relating to reality which are still available to us, and argue that (some) films can help open them up.

Author Biography

Jonadas Techio, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Professor Associado do Departamento de Filosofia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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2022-10-27

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Vol. 49 No. 4 (2022): Filosofia e Arte Contemporânea

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