Object-Oriented Ontology
Speculative realist position that objects exist independently of human thought. Harman: objects withdraw from all relations, including human knowledge. Flat ontology: humans are not privileged; all objects (rocks, ideas, atoms) exist equally. Critique of correlationism—Kantian view that we only know phenomena. Objects have real qualities beyond our access. Weird realism embraces alien nature of things. Applied to ecology, aesthetics, politics. Controversial anthropomorphization of objects versus anti-anthropocentrism.
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