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The force of the virtual : Deleuze, science, and philosophy /

Gilles Deleuze once claimed that "modern science has not found its metaphysics, the metaphysics it needs." The Force of the Virtual responds to this need by investigating the consequences of the philosopher's interest in (and appeal to) "the exact sciences." In exploring the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gaffney, Peter (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Gilles Deleuze once claimed that "modern science has not found its metaphysics, the metaphysics it needs." The Force of the Virtual responds to this need by investigating the consequences of the philosopher's interest in (and appeal to) "the exact sciences." In exploring the problematic relationship between the philosophy of Deleuze and science, the original essays gathered here examine how science functions in respect to Deleuze's concepts of time and space, how science accounts for processes of qualitative change, how science actively participates in the production of subjectivity, and how D.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 393 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-378) and index.
ISBN:9780816673568
081667356X
9781452946382
1452946388