Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Gilbert Simondon
Translated by Taylor Adkins
SeriesPosthumanities
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:440
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenrePhilosophy - epistemology and theory of knowledge
ISBN/Barcode 9780816680023
ClassificationsDewey:111
Audience
General
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 10 November 2020
Publication Country United States

Description

A long-awaited translation on the philosophical relation between technology, the individual, and milieu of the living From Democritus's atomism to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, from Aristotle's reflections on the individual to Husserl's call for a focused return to things, from the philosophical advent of the Cartesian ego and the Leibnizian monad to Heidegger's notion of Dasein, the question concerning the constitution of the individual has continued to loom large over the preoccupations of philosophers and scholars of scientific disciplines for thousands of years. Through conceptions in modern scientific areas of research such as thermodynamics, the fabrication of technical objects, gestalt theory, cybernetics, and the dynamic formation at work in the creation of crystals, Gilbert Simondon's unique multifaceted philosophical and scholarly research will eventually lead to an astounding reevaluation and questioning of the historical methods for posing the very question and notion of the individual. More than fifty years after its original publication in French, this groundbreaking work of philosophical theory is now available in its first complete English language translation.

Author Biography

Gilbert Simondon (1924-1989) was a philosopher of technology whose principal publications have inspired several generations of thinkers, including Gilles Deleuze. Taylor Adkins is an independent scholar and translator.