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Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 10:39:05 -0500
From: Patrick Hayden <phkm-AT-totalnetnh.net>
Subject: Re: Deleuze the empiricist




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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