Difference and givenness : Deleuze's transcendental empiricism and the ontology of immanence / Levi R. Bryant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryant, Levi R.

Series:

Northwestern University topics in historical philosophy

Topics in historical philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Empiricism.

Immanence (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xii, 278 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Deleuze's transcendental empiricism and the ontology of immanence

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Throughout his independent work, Gilles Deleuze described his philosophy as "transcendental empiricism." But precisely what does Deleuze mean by this term? In Difference and Givenness, Levi R. Bryant addresses this topic-one critical to an understanding of Deleuze's thinking, and to an understanding of the relationship of Deleuze to the history of philosophy, especially Hume. Through a close analysis of Deleuze's texts-focusing especially on Difference and Repetition-and an examination of his engagement with thinkers such as Kant, Maimon, Bergson, and Simondon, Bryant sets out to uncover the meaning of Deleuze's transcendental empiricism and to show how it differs from transcendental idealism, absolute idealism, and traditional empiricism.

What emerges from these efforts is a metaphysics that strives to articulate the conditions for real existence. This metaphysics is capable of accounting for the individual being without falling into conceptual or essentialist abstraction where difference disappears. A clear and powerful discussion of how Deleuze's project relates to influential strains in the history of philosophy, this book will prove essential to anyone seeking to understand his thought and his specific contribution to metaphysics and epistemology.

Contents:

1 Empiricism and the Search for the Conditions of Real Experience 15

2 Bergsonian Intuition and Internal Difference 49

3 Transcendental Empiricism: The Image of Thought and the "Phenomenology" of the Encounter 73

4 First Moment of the Encounter: The Sentiendum 92

5 Second Moment of the Encounter: The Memorandum 102

6 Third Moment of the Encounter: The Cogitandum 135

7 Overcoming Speculative Dogmatism: Time and the Transcendental Field 175

8 Individuation: The Genesis of Extensities and the Other-Structure 220.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.

ISBN:

9780810124523

0810124521

9780810124547

0810124548

OCLC:

154690263

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