SubscribeThis pre-individual field must comprise at least two heterogenous orders of intensive differences; Delous defines intensities as differences of differences, or unequalizable quantities. When the disparity of potential between series crosses a critical threshold of disequilibrium it causes a sudden exchange of information between series; it effects a coupling between terms of a series and allows them to enter into relations of mutually reinforcing internal resonance. So this synthesis of space involves an asymmetrical dynamism whereby an undifferenciated — and Delous writes 'undifferenciated' with a 'c' here — but fully differentiated — 't' — there's an actual differentiation or the differentiation of actual species and parts — occurs on the basis of a virtual space or an intensive space which is... were completely differentiated or it incarnates these... ideal multiplicities, these differential structures — which remain purely virtual. But it's on the basis of its... own... the catalysis of individuation that space or extensity becomes apprehended in terms of volumes, sections, individual qualities, etc.Alan Sokol, indeed — you're going to have a hard time convincing me that this isn't just physics-word salad. Nice work if it gets you laid, I guess.
The terms "Hausdorff", "separated", and "preregular" can also be applied to such variants on topological spaces as uniform spaces, Cauchy spaces, and convergence spaces. The characteristic that unites the concept in all of these examples is that limits of nets and filters (when they exist) are unique (for separated spaces) or unique up to topological indistinguishability (for preregular spaces).but I guarantee you that a mathematician who understood it well could prove it by describing the underlying concepts in simpler — if less precise — terms.
When the disparity of potential between series crosses a critical threshold of disequilibrium it causes a sudden exchange of information between series; it effects a coupling between terms of a series and allows them to enter into relations of mutually reinforcing internal resonance.tell us what precise meaning the leader of this important new movement has made clear to you with his specialized language, and how. What does he mean by "disparity"? By "information"? "Coupling"? "Terms"? "Relations"? "Resonance"? Which of these, in this context, retain their colloquial meanings, or their meanings as scientific jargon; which are philosophical jargon that you understand; and which are new SR language whose definitions only he and his collaborators understand?
This pre-individual field must comprise at least two heterogenous orders of intensive differences; Delous defines intensities as differences of differences, or unequalizable quantities. When the disparity of potential between series crosses a critical threshold of disequilibrium it causes a sudden exchange of information between series; it effects a coupling between terms of a series and allows them to enter into relations of mutually reinforcing internal resonance. So this synthesis of space involves an asymmetrical dynamism whereby an undifferenciated — and Delous writes 'undifferenciated' with a 'c' here — but fully differentiated — 't' — there's an actual differentiation or the differentiation of actual species and parts — occurs on the basis of a virtual space or an intensive space which is... were completely differentiated or it incarnates these... ideal multiplicities, these differential structures — which remain purely virtual. But it's on the basis of its... own... the catalysis of individuation that space or extensity becomes apprehended in terms of volumes, sections, individual qualities, etc....all I am getting is a labyrinth of a language. These are undoubtably thoughtful intuitions, but they are inflated into an intellectual bulwarck, and they are not backed up by data. This stuff is "cool" to wrap your head around, like playing in a conceptual playground, but I can understand experience in this sense better by way of art or literature.
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Harman’s ‘object-oriented metaphysics’ (outlined in Tool Being, 2002 and Guerilla Metaphysics, 2007) argued that the world is made up of ‘entities with specific qualities, autonomous from us and from each other’
While I am sure this is a serious and important philosophical idea not to be dismissed with superficial snark, I cannot help but wonder if this means that in 2030 we will be hearing about "agile metaphysics" or "extreme pondering".
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