This commentary is a response to James Ash’s ‘Flat Ontology and Geography’, one of the first serious efforts to make use of the philosophy of Tristan Garcia for social science purposes. After reviewing some key distinctions between different kinds of flat ontology, I suggest that both Ash and Garcia make a step forward while failing to strike the desired balance between interconnected networks and autonomous units.

中文翻译：

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Ash和Garcia的股票大涨

这篇评论是对詹姆斯·阿什（James Ash）的《平面本体论与地理学》（Flat Ontology and Geography）的回应，这是将特里斯坦·加西亚（Tristan Garcia）的哲学用于社会科学目的的第一批认真努力。在回顾了不同类型的扁平本体之间的一些关键区别之后，我建议Ash和Garcia都向前迈进了一步，但却未能在互连的网络和自治单元之间达到理想的平衡。