Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers

Volume

12

Issue

1

Pages

22-26

Abstract

An argument against the Aristotelian emphasis on formal and final causes in understanding friendship, and in favor of efficient and material causes. Attempts to establish that social media communications constitute a secondary literacy in the context of a shared asynchronous experience at a distance, and addresses "the sandwich problem:" how we can charitably account for the practice of photographing and sharing one's lunch.

Original Publication Citation

Wittkower, D.E. (2012). "Friend" is a verb. APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers, 12(1), 22-26.

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