Name Links: an Aesthetic Discussion

A short theoretical paper arguing that hypertext links behave like Kripkean names (rigid designators borrowed through causal chains), and proposing an aesthetic evaluation framework — grounded in Brandi's flagranza/astanza and Peirce's normative science — for deciding when and how to turn proper nam

Alessio Antonini (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK) and Sam Brooker (University of the Arts London, London, UK)

4 September 2023

Alessio Antonini (The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK) and Sam Brooker (University of the Arts London, London, UK)

4 September 2023

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doi: 10.1145/3603163.3609039
isbn: 979-8-4007-0232-7
name: Name Links: an Aesthetic Discussion
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acm_url: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3603163.3609039
authors: Alessio Antonini, Sam Brooker
doi_url: https://doi.org/10.1145/3603163.3609039
license: CC BY 4.0
summary: A short theoretical paper arguing that hypertext links behave like Kripkean names (rigid designators borrowed through causal chains), and proposing an aesthetic evaluation framework — grounded in Brandi's flagranza/astanza and Peirce's normative science — for deciding when and how to turn proper nam
published: 2023-09-04
conference: HT '23: 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, Rome, Italy, September 4-8, 2023
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