I have this post "starred" ... meaning to come back to it, I blogged something about Deleuze some time ago, (and Guattari and .... the other whatshisname ... "On Grammatology" foggie froggie.)
Dangerous to admit you find these PoMo's actually speak sense ;-) Ian On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 1:31 PM, David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ham > > Always glad to be of service. > > Regards > David M > >> Greetings, David -- >> >> >> I'm indebted to you for referencing this source: >> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deleuze >>> >>> some interesting ideas of Deleuze about how experience >>> and concepts relate that MOQers might like to ponder. Deleuze puts >>> difference before identity, or could that be >>> DQ/flux over SQ? >> >> How Deleuze's metaphysical concept of Difference may relate to Pirsig's >> levels and patterns remains to be seen. But his theory offers new support >> for my ontogeny of differentiated existents. I was particularly struck by >> Wiki's interpretation of this concept: >> >> Traditionally, difference is seen as derivative from identity: >> e.g., to say that "X is different from Y" assumes some X and Y >> with at least relatively stable identities. To the contrary, Deleuze >> claims that all identities are effects of difference. Identities are >> not logically or metaphysically prior to difference, Deleuze argues, >> "given that there exist differences of nature between things of >> the same genus." That is, not only are no two things ever the >> same, the categories we use to identify individuals in the first >> place derive from differences. >> >> Here's how The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy describes this French >> academician's contribution to philosophy: >> >> "Deleuze conceived of philosophy as the production of concepts, and he >> characterized himself as a 'pure metaphysician.' In his magnum opus >> Difference and Repetition, he tries to develop a metaphysics adequate to >> contemporary mathematics and science - a metaphysics in which the concept of >> multiplicity replaces that of substance, event replaces essence and >> virtuality replaces possibility." >> >> Thanks for pointing us to this reference, Dave. It puts a new slant on >> the Beingness of Sartrean Existentialism. I shall have to explore Deleuze >> more thoroughly. >> >> Regards, >> Ham >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
