Deleuze and the History of Mathematics: In Defense of the 'New'

(Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy)

 Simon Duffy 

Bloomsbury Academic | 2013 | 225 páginas | rar -pdf | 968 kb

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Gilles Deleuze's engagements with mathematics, replete in his work, rely upon the construction of alternative lineages in the history of mathematics, which challenge some of the self imposed limits that regulate the canonical concepts of the discipline. For Deleuze, these challenges are an opportunity to reconfigure particular philosophical problems - for example, the problem of individuation - and to develop new concepts in response to them. The highly original research presented in this book explores the mathematical construction of Deleuze's philosophy, as well as addressing the undervalued and often neglected question of the mathematical thinkers who influenced his work. 

In the wake of Alain Badiou's recent and seemingly devastating attack on the way the relation between mathematics and philosophy is configured in Deleuze's work, Simon Duffy offers a robust defence of the structure of Deleuze's philosophy and, in particular, the adequacy of the mathematical problems used in its construction. By reconciling Badiou and Deleuze's seeming incompatible engagements with mathematics, Duffy succeeds in presenting a solid foundation for Deleuze's philosophy, rebuffing the recent challenges against it.

Contents
Acknowledgments x
List of Abbreviations xii
Introduction 1
1 Leibniz and the Concept of the Infinitesimal 7
2 Maimon’s Critique of Kant’s Approach to Mathematics 47
3 Bergson and Riemann on Qualitative Multiplicity 89
4 Lautman’s Concept of the Mathematical Real 117
5 Badiou and Contemporary Mathematics 137
Conclusion 161
Notes 175
Bibliography 189
Index 201