The force of the virtual : Deleuze, science, and philosophy / Peter Gaffney, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaffney, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995.

Deleuze, Gilles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Science in the Gap; I. The Virtual in Time and Space; II. Science and Process; III. Science and Subjectivity; IV. Science and the Brain; Afterword. The Metaphysics of Science: An Interview with Manuel DeLanda; Notes; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-378) and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4638-8

0-8166-7356-X

OCLC:

705538366