Meaning of bookness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality of being a book.
   uncountable
2. The qualities of a book endowing it with its uniqueness or particularity.
   uncountable

Examples

“[…] implies a philosophical distinction between bookness and tableness. There is no more requirement to show⟳ why an experience⟳ cannot be a brain-state than there is to show⟳ why a book cannot be a table.”

“The cover⟳ of the book may not be decisive for the content, but its shape⟳, texture, weight and not least “wear⟳ and tear⟳” may still be an important aspect of its “bookness” and how we experience⟳ it as a book. These “border⟳ resources” are lost when every digital copy⟳ gets its own⟳ form⟳, and hence a relatively established source for interpretation dissolves.”

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