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Rachel Aumiller
Haptic Reductions
A Sceptic’s Guide for Responding to the Touch of Crisis
This chapter identifies two contrasting methodological reductions utilized in philosophical scepticism: withdrawal/doubt [R–]; immersion/attention [R+]. Moving toward a feminist ethics grounded in phenomenological scepticism, Aumiller explores how reduction relates to experiences of personal and global uncertainty such as a pandemic. Reduction involves our entire embodied being, challenging how we are fundamentally in touch with the world. How we respond to being disrupted makes all the difference.
Keywords: Scepticism; Phenomenology; Ethics; Touch; Uncertainty; Disruption; Epochē
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Haptic Reductions
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A Sceptic’s Guide for Responding to the Touch of Crisis
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Rachel Aumiller
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This chapter identifies two contrasting methodological reductions utilized in philosophical scepticism: withdrawal/doubt [R–]; immersion/attention [R+]. Moving toward a feminist ethics grounded in phenomenological scepticism, Aumiller explores how reduction relates to experiences of personal and global uncertainty such as a pandemic. Reduction involves our entire embodied being, challenging how we are fundamentally in touch with the world. How we respond to being disrupted makes all the difference.
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Berlin
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ICI Berlin Press
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11 October 2022
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Scepticism
Phenomenology
Ethics
Touch
Uncertainty
Disruption
Epochē
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© by the author(s)
Except for images or otherwise noted, this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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en-GB
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39
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61
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The Case for Reduction, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Jakob Schillinger, Cultural Inquiry, 25 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2022), pp. 39–61
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Cite as:
Rachel Aumiller, ‘Haptic Reductions: A Sceptic’s Guide for Responding to the Touch of Crisis’, in The Case for Reduction, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Jakob Schillinger, Cultural Inquiry, 25 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2022), pp. 39-61 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-25_03>