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This article proposes an ontological reading of Marcel Duchamp’s oeuvre in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data through the lens of Modus Tollens (p. 14). It contends that the Duchampian gesture can be formalized as a deduction by negation to describe the conceptual logic of the readymade and the copy (p. 14). It introduces concepts like "ontological vacancy" and the "Context Operator (C)" to analyze how the copy acquiresan ontological dignity equivalent to the original through logical structure, anticipating issues of technical reproducibility and functional symmetry with contemporary generative systems (pp. 14, 16).
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Ensayo de investigación teórica que propone una formalización lógica de la obra de Marcel Duchamp mediante el Modus Tollens. El texto introduce conceptos originales como la 'vacancia ontológica' y el 'Operador de Contexto (C)' para explicar la transición del objeto ordinario al objeto artístico. Asimismo, establece una simetría funcional entre el gesto duchampiano y los sistemas generativos contemporáneos (IA y Big Data), analizando la vigencia del readymade en la era digital y redefiniendo al artista como un curador ontológico
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Title MARCEL DUCHAMP AND THE SEDUCTION OF THE COPY: MODUS TOLLENS AS GENERATIVE ONTOLOGY
This article proposes an ontological reading of Marcel Duchamp’s oeuvre in the era of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data through the lens of Modus Tollens (p. 14). It contends that the Duchampian gesture can be formalized as a deduction by negation to describe the conceptual logic of the readymade and the copy (p. 14). It introduces concepts like "ontological vacancy" and the "Context Operator (C)" to analyze how the copy acquiresan ontological dignity equivalent to the original through logical structure, anticipating issues of technical reproducibility and functional symmetry with contemporary generative systems (pp. 14, 16).
Work type Research papers, Thesis, Lecture notes
Tags modus tollens, readymade, ontology, marcel duchamp, copy, artificial intelligence (ai), symbolic logic, original, conceptual art, big data
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Author. Holder Rosa Ulpiano. Date Feb 16, 2026.
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