Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 15:57:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Inna Runova Semetsky <irs5-AT-columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: Multiplicity and Becoming



More in Deleuze and Guattari - "transversal" brings in thirdness, a
diagonalal dimension in addition to horizontal and vertical - or if you
wish - a diagrammatic in addition to syntagmatic and paradigmatic. Diagram
is a huge concept in Peirce (diagrammatic reasoning etc). But also Deleuze 
taks about "inbetweeness" - non-place where becomings happen. In a sense
both Deleuze and Peirce (if you stretch Peirce) talk about logic of
INCLUDED middle.
inna


 On Fri, 4 Dec 1998, Vadim Verenits wrote:

> Please help me .... i want to trace the connection between Peirce
> trichotomy and deleuzian ideas
> Vadim
> 
> 
> On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Chris Peterson wrote:
> 
> > Actually Patrick I just got your book in the mail today, and it is a
> > life-saver!  The chapter on James is exactly what I needed.  I am currently
> > at the New School for Social Research taking a class on Pragmatism with
> > Richard Bernstein.  I have been bugging him all semester about any
> > connections between Deleuze and James and have not gotten vary far... 
> > However, today, I am slowly cranking out a paper for him on this very
> > subject.  Thanks so much for your research and your work.
> > 
> > Chris
> > ----------
> > >From: Patrick Hayden <phkm-AT-totalnetnh.net>
> > >To: deleuze-guattari-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> > >Subject: Re: Deleuze the empiricist
> > >Date: Thu, Dec 3, 1998, 10:39 AM
> > >
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > >Chris Peterson wrote:
> > >
> > >> Yes, Deleuze is an empiricist!  And I do agree that it is of a 'very
> > >> particular kind', it takes on a sort of pluarist or transcendental quality
> > >> that rigoriously engages the chaotic and moving nature of reality.  Much of
> > >> what it has to do with, I believe, are conceptualizing relatations as
> > >> exterior to their terms:  no longer keeping the connections tied
> > >> intrinsically to the terms, and instead accepting the movement and dynamism
> > >> of the middle.
> > >>
> > >> I think that William James would be a great source for seeing another
> > >> example of this special strain of empiricism with his notion of radical
> > >> empiricism...
> > >>
> > >> chris
> > >> ----------
> > >> >From: Stephen Arnott <sarnott-AT-metz.une.edu.au>
> > >> >To: deleuze-guattari-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> > >> >Subject: Deleuze the empiricist
> > >> >Date: Thu, Dec 3, 1998, 9:45 AM
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> >At 10:52 AM 11/30/98 -0500, Inna wrote:
> > >> >>What about Deleuze having said in Diaalogues - I consider myself an
> > >> >>empiricist hence pluralist - or smth like that?
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >Sure but his empiricism is of a particular kind. He'd undoubtedly consider
> > >> >Spinoza an empiricist which very few others would. He calls himself a
> > >> >transcendental empiricist, in order to stress that his philosophy is
> > >> >concerned with the necessary conditions of real experience. Univocal
> > >> >difference is such a necessary condition and in no way compromises
> > >> >plurality, rather the reverse - it ensures it.
> > >> >
> > >> >Steve
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Chris, Steve, etc.
> > >
> > >I've only recently joined the list and I'm glad to see there is interest in
> > >exploring Deleuze's connections with empiricism.  If I may be so bold as to
> > >engage in some conspicuous self-promotion, you might be interested in
> > >consulting my following publications:
> > >
> > >*Multiplicity and Becoming: The Pluralist Empiricism of Gilles Deleuze* (Peter
> > >Lang Publishing, 1998).  This work includes a chapter on the role of external
> > >relations in Deleuze's philosophy (a modified version of the paper below),
> > >which is discussed in light of William James' radical empiricism.
> > >
> > >"Gilles Deleuze and Naturalism: A Convergence with Ecological Theory and
> > >Politics," Environmental Ethics, Summer 1997 (a somewhat revised version of
> > >this paper comprises the final chapter of the book above).
> > >
> > >"From Relations to Practice in the Empiricism of Gilles Deleuze," Man and
> > >World, July 1995 (attempts to highlight the significance of external relations
> > >for Deleuze, via Hume, and how such a perspective on relations contributes to
> > >D&G's rhizome).
> > >
> > >Quite simply, one of the most powerful lessons I've taken from Deleuze is that
> > >life is about making connections, multiplying connections. . . . becoming.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Patrick
> > >
> > >
> > 
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