Order and the Virtual : The Philosophy and Science of Deleuzian Cosmology
by
Bill Ross
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Crosscurrents
ISBN-10
1399527355
ISBN-13
9781399527354
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2024
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
494 grams
Dimensions
16.40 x 24.40 x 1.90 cms
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Relates the work of Gilles Deleuze to contemporary science.
Bill Ross demonstrates the relation between Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of difference and the conceptual foundations of contemporary physics through careful engagements with the theory of relativity, quantum physics and chaos and complexity theory. Ross shows that recent work in cosmology by figures such as Lee Smolin and David Bohm calls into question the assumption that the laws of physics are universal and unchanging, a view that Deleuze anticipates. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that order in the universe as a whole is destined to break down. Against this, Ross demonstrates that, given Deleuze’s conception of the event as an expression of non-locality, and his emphasis on dissymmetry over symmetry, at the cosmological scale the universe is not destined towards disorder: evolution outruns entropy.
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