Logic of Sense

by Gilles Deleuze

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"The Logic of Sense" begins with an extended exegesis of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland." Considering stoicism, language, games, sexuality, schizophrenia, and literature, Deleuze determines the status of meaning and meaninglessness, and seeks the 'place' where sense and nonsense collide.

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Deleuze attempts a philosophy of language which uses a mixture of Kantian and Stoic metaphysics to bridge the gaps between denotative (Russell, Wittgenstein I), active (Austin, Lacan), and conceptual language. This is Deleuze, so he ends up branching off into many other topics such as metaphysics, the history of philosophy, and literature. The sections on alcoholism and ancient cynical philosophy stuck out to me as really great. I could have done without the extended (and incredibly obscure) foray into psychoanalysis. It brought my enjoyment of the book down somewhat. I skipped the appendix on literature since I'm not quite familiar enough with the authors addressed, and the appendix on Platonic philosophy more or less repeats material show more found in Difference & Repetition (although it should be noted that in this form, it might be the best introduction to Deleuze's philosophy!). Despite these complaints, there are many great sections in this book. show less
A través de treinta y cuatro series de paradojas en completa trabazón, este libro, uno de los más importantes de su autor, se nos presenta como una especie de novela lógica y psicoanalítica en la que se intenta una constitución paradójica de una teoría del sentido, un pensar el sentido que no sería otra cosa que pensar el acontecimiento: es morir que pasa y se hace muerte, esa muerte que hace presente el problema eterno de morir.
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> Logique du sens nous donne à penser ce que depuis tant de siècles, la philosophie avait laissé en souffrance : l'événement et le fantasme. Grâce soit rendue à Deleuze. Il n'a pas repris le slogan qui nous lasse : Freud avec Marx, Marx avec Freud, et tous deux, s'il vous plaît, avec nous. Il a analysé distinctement ce qui était nécessaire pour penser le fantasme et l'événement. Il n'a pas cherché à les réconcilier, à élargir l'extrême pointe de l'événement de toute l'épaisseur imaginaire d'un fantasme, ou à lester la flottaison du fantasme d'un grain d'histoire réelle. Il a découvert la philosophie qui permet de les affirmer l'un et l'autre show more disjonctivement.
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Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) was professor of philosophy at the University of Paris, Vincennes-St. Denis.

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Canonical title
Logic of Sense
Original title
Logique du sens
Original publication date
1969 (original French) (original French); 1990 (English) (English)
Original language
French

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Philosophy, Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
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149Philosophy & psychologyPhilosophical schools of thoughtOther philosophical systems and doctrines
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B840 .D3813Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionPhilosophy (General)By periodModernSpecial topics and schools of philosophy
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