Theory of Identities.

François Laruelle proposes a theory of identity rooted in scientific notions of symmetry and chaos, emancipating thought from the philosophical paradigm of Being and reconnecting it with the real world. Unlike most contemporary philosophers, Laruelle does not believe language, history, and the world...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the English Edition: Retrospection (2014)
  • Preface to the French Edition (1992)
  • Introduction: Science, Identity, Fractality
  • Part I. The Essence of Science
  • 1. Science: A Nonepistemological Description
  • 2. Non-philosophy: A Scientific Reform of the Understanding
  • Part II. Theory of Generalized Fractality
  • 3. Of Determination-in-the-Last-Instance as Destruction of the Principle of Sufficient Determination
  • 4. The Concepts of Generalized Fractality and Chaos
  • Part III. Principles of an Artificial Philosophy
  • 5. Unified Theory of Thought
  • 6. The Concept of an Artificial Philosophy
  • 7. The Fractal Modeling of Philosophy
  • Notes
  • Index