Gilles Deleuze and the Atheist Machine : The Achievement of Philosophy / F. LeRon Shults.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shults, F. LeRon, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.) : 3 B/W illustrations 3 black and white illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Addresses societal challenges associated with the AnthropoceneExplains and illustrates the function of the atheist machine" in Deleuze's philosophyBrings Deleuzian philosophy into dialogue with developments in computational modeling and social simulation that complement and support his arguments for a metaphysics of immanenceShows the relevance of empirical findings in the bio-cultural sciences of religion for Deleuze's understanding and use of the concept of atheismIn What is Philosophy? Deleuze argued that atheism is not a drama but "the philosopher's serenity and philosophy's achievement." One of Shults' main goals in this book is to illustrate the uses and effects of an "atheist machine" throughout Deleuze's work, demonstrating its central role in his philosophical achievements in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.Shults also brings Deleuze's philosophy into dialogue with recent advances in computational social simulation, especially multi-agent artificial intelligence modelling. The successful development and deployment of such methodologies lend plausibility to Deleuze's radical philosophy of immanence, which in turn provides the former with more adequate metaphysical moorings. All of this is framed in the context of empirical findings and theoretical developments in the scientific study of religion, which point toward the potentially creative role of atheist assemblages in addressing societal challenges associated with the Anthropocene."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

1 Atheism as Philosophy's Achievement

2 Assembling the Atheist Machine

3 The Reversal of Platonism and the Rise of Simulation

4 Assemblage Theory and Multi-agent Artificial Intelligence Modelling

5 Simulating (Non-)Religion

6 Strategies for Promoting Safe Sects

7 A Germ of Tranquil Atheism

8 How Do You Make Yourself an Atheist Body without Organs?

References

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2024)

ISBN:

9781399529617

1399529617

OCLC:

1428234860