Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy - Couverture souple

Gangle, Rocco

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1474474586 ISBN 13 : 9781474474580

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

A renewal of immanent metaphysics through diagrammatic methods and the tools of category theory Spinoza, Peirce and Deleuze are, in different ways, philosophers of immanence. Rocco Gangle addresses the methodological questions raised by a commitment to immanence in terms of how diagrams may be used both as tools and as objects of philosophical investigation. He integrates insights from Spinozist metaphysics, Peircean semiotics and Deleuze's philosophy of difference in conjunction with the formal operations of category theory. Category theory reveals deep structural connections among logic, topology and a variety of different areas of mathematics, and it provides constructive and rigorous concepts for investigating how diagrams work. Gangle introduces the methods of category theory from a philosophical and diagrammatic perspective, allowing philosophers with little or no mathematical training to come to grips with this important field. This coordination of immanent metaphysics, diagrammatic method and category theoretical mathematics opens a new horizon for contemporary thought.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rocco Gangle is Associate Professor of Humanities/Philosophy at Endicott College, USA. His work on contemporary French thought, Spinoza, Peirce and diagrammatic logic has appeared in Philosophy Today, SubStance, Political Theology and other journals and edited collections. He is the translator of François Laruelle's Philosophies of Difference (Continuum Press, 2010).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474474586
• ISBN 13: 9781474474580
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
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