John Milton
writer · 2 mentions across 2 readings
In this course
Milton appears in the course materials primarily through theological invocations of *Paradise Lost* and the concept of Pandaemonium itself—the demonic assembly hall that names this seminar. His work provides a literary-philosophical framework for thinking about self-referential systems and the problem of agency: the infinite regress of a being that creates itself without external determination mirrors both theological paradox and contemporary questions about artificial minds. The readings use Milton to historicize how Western culture has conceptualized autonomous, self-legislating entities, positioning the political stakes of AI not as a new problem but as a centuries-old anxiety about what happens when power becomes self-determining.
Mentioned in 2 readings
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