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Deleuze's Challenge to Traditional Philosophy
TLDR Deleuze challenges traditional concepts of stable truths in philosophy, advocating for a perspective that emphasizes differences and questions hierarchical dualistic structures, leading to an ontology of immanence and a univocal understanding of being. This challenges the linear view of time and introduces the idea of expression as a way to explain the universe, pushing the boundaries of thought and exploring new ways of thinking.
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Philosophy is viewed as a process of creation rather than discovery by Deleuze, challenging the traditional idea of stable concepts linked to truth in the history of philosophy.
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Deleuze challenges the traditional focus on identity and transcendence in philosophy, advocating for a perspective that emphasizes differences and questions hierarchical dualistic structures.
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Deleuze challenges traditional transcendent ontologies by advocating for an ontology of immanence, inspired by Spinoza's rejection of hierarchical structures in philosophy.
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In an ontology of immanence, there is only one substance, leading to a rejection of hierarchical structures and a univocal understanding of being.
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Time is often viewed linearly with a past, present, and future, but some argue that the present moment is where the past and future intersect, influencing our existence.
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The present moment, according to Bergson, contains the entirety of everything that has ever happened in the past, with the past existing virtually and influencing the present.
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Spinoza introduces the idea of expression as a way to explain the universe, emphasizing that the universe is an expression from within rather than a creation from the outside, allowing for an infinite number of combinations.
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Deluze's ontology embraces the idea of exploring the unknowable and pushing the boundaries of thought, focusing on the potential for new ways of thinking and producing possibilities for life.
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