Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy - Softcover

Gangle, Rocco

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1474474586 ISBN 13: 9781474474580

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Spinoza, Peirce and Deleuze are, in different ways, philosophers of immanence. Rocco Gangle addresses the methodological questions raised by a commitment to immanence in terms of how diagrams may be used both as tools and as objects of philosophical investigation.
Gangle integrates insights from Spinozist metaphysics, Peircean semiotics and Deleuze’s philosophy of difference in conjunction with the formal operations of category theory. He introduces the methods of category theory from a philosophical and diagrammatic perspective in a way that will allow philosophers with little or no mathematical training to come to grips with this important field.

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About the Author

Rocco Gangle is Professor of Philosophy at Endicott College. He is the author of several books, including Diagrammatic Immanence: Category Theory and Philosophy (EUP), François Laruelle’s Philosophies of Difference: A Critical Introduction and Guide and, with Gianluca Caterina, Iconicity and Abduction (Springer), as well as dozens of journal articles and chapters in the areas of logic, phenomenology, semiotics, and philosophy of science. He is also a scholar and translator of the work of François Laruelle and co-director of the Center for Diagrammatic and Computational Philosophy.

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‘The Philosophy of Category Theory comes of age with Spinoza, Peirce and Deleuze, understood through functors, presheaves and adjunctions. A compelling use of nearly 50 diagrams supports a deep understanding of structure, variation and difference. Gangle introduces a new, needed voice for the provocative “visual turn” of the twenty-first century.’Fernando Zalamea, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, author of Synthetic Philosophy of Contemporary MathematicsAdd second endorsement:'This exceptionally useful text explores the rich and complex contours of the relation between category theory and philosophy with admirable clarity. In the process it develops a diagrammatic philosophy of immanence as an exemplar of this relation, and demonstrates the value and remarkable potential of category theory for philosophy.'Simon B. Duffy, Yale-NUS College, SingaporeA renewal of immanent metaphysics through diagrammatic methods and the tools of category theorySpinoza, Peirce and Deleuze are, in different ways, philosophers of immanence. The methodological questions raised by a commitment to immanence are addressed here by Rocco Gangle in terms of how diagrams may be used both as tools and as objects of philosophical investigation.This book integrates insights from Spinozist metaphysics, Peircean semiotics and Deleuze’s philosophy of difference in conjunction with the formal operations of category theory. Category theory reveals deep structural connections among logic, topology and a variety of different areas of mathematics, and it provides constructive and rigorous concepts for investigating how diagrams work. Gangle offers a basic introduction to the methods of category theory from a philosophical and diagrammatic perspective allowing philosophers with little or no mathematical training to come to grips with this important field.This coordination of immanent metaphysics, diagrammatic method and category theoretical mathematics opens a new horizon for contemporary thought.Rocco Gangle is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Endicott College, USA, and co-director of the Center for Diagrammatic and Computational Philosophy.Cover image: Rocco GangleCover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1474474586
• ISBN 13: 9781474474580
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264