Phenomenological Reviews

Series | Book | Chapter

146867

The metroscape

phenomenology of measurement

Robert P. Crease

pp. 81-87

Abstract

Measurement is an emblematic technology: it is ubiquitous, transforms our experience, withdraws into the background, and is noticed primarily when it breaks down. Measurement is not merely one tool among others, belonging only to separate elements such as rulers, scales, and other instruments, but a fluid and correlated network that is smoothly and intimately integrated into the world and its shape. This paper proposes the concept of metroscape to develop and extend Heidegger's concept of Gestell.

Publication details

Published in:

Babich Babette, Ginev Dimitri (2014) The multidimensionality of hermeneutic phenomenology. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 81-87

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01707-5_6

Full citation:

Crease Robert P. (2014) „The metroscape: phenomenology of measurement“, In: B. Babich & D. Ginev (eds.), The multidimensionality of hermeneutic phenomenology, Dordrecht, Springer, 81–87.