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Space, philosophy: various discussions deal, among others, with the question whether the space is absolute or whether empty space is possible. In different sciences, multi-dimensional spaces with certain properties are used to better calculate like Hilbert spaces in the theory of relativity or multidimensional spaces in mathematical nodal theory. No ontological assumptions are made. See also substantivalism, relativism, movement, absoluteness, compactness, conceptual space, dimensions, logical space, four-dimensionalism.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Vilém Flusser on Space - Dictionary of Arguments

I 121
Room/Picture/Flusser:
Relations in the picture: relation of the type "top"/"bottom" are absolute relations, they also mean "sublime" and "correct".
If you relativize them and say "above" and "to the right of", the information contained in the image is lost.
The sun in Fig. I 114 is not above the dog, but at the top of the picture! And since it is there, it is "higher", "more sublime", "more glorious", etc. than the dog. Sun and dog stand in an absolute relationship, preformed by the picture, they are each in their "right place".
The circling time arranges the elements in the picture "justly", "correctly", i.e. in sublime and infamous, correct and awkwardly ruling and subjugated places of the picture. In the picture H O H, the O occupies a central, dominant position. This is no longer noticeable in the equation 2H+O=H2O.
>Images
, >Coding.
I 217
Space/Flusser: Spatial experience: The image of the experience of time must be spatial. For techno-imagination it is impossible to imagine time without space and vice versa.
>Techno-image/Flusser, >Terminology/Flusser.
I 218
An object is closer the more it touches me. This scale does not have to be less accurate than the conventional linear scale.
>Perspective.
I 219
However, there must be new ways of measuring that are already indicated. e.g. the so called "proxemics": since all scales start with me, they cannot be infinite, they have to enter all "notches" from "here" to "future".
>Measurements, >Future, >Time.
I 220
Since all standards apply only to my "interest in the world ", they can no longer separate space and time. They cannot be "four-dimensional", because this is a conceptual abstraction of images.
>Interest, >Society, >Community.
I can transcend the world's limitations regarding "here now" by involving other people.
It is not space travel and nuclear research that broaden the world of technology imagined, but rather commitment to others and the expansion of interests.
>Image/Flusser.

I 221
When space becomes measurable through interest, it becomes "ethical" again, as in the magical level of consciousness. Proximity becomes "sublime", the fly in my vicinity is more annoying than Chinese-Russian border disputes.
But: the realization of the technical image world (techno image, >Image/Flusser)) view is the end of humanism and appalling: In such a context, the phrase "love thy neighbour" means closeness and not closeness to people.
>Humanism.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Fl I
V. Flusser
Kommunikologie Mannheim 1996


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