Ideas from 'What is Philosophy?' by G Deleuze / F Guattari [1991], by Theme Structure
[found in 'What is Philosophy?' by Deleuze/Guattari [Verso 1994,0-86091-686-3]].
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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Philosophy is in a perpetual state of digression
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
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Philosophy is a concept-creating discipline
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
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Philosophy aims at what is interesting, remarkable or important - not at knowledge or truth
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy
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The plague of philosophy is those who criticise without creating, and defend dead concepts
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1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 2. Phenomenology
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Phenomenology needs art as logic needs science
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic
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'Eris' is the divinity of conflict, the opposite of Philia, the god of friendship
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic
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Logic hates philosophy, and wishes to supplant it
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Logic has an infantile idea of philosophy
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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
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We cannot judge the Cogito. Must we begin? Must we start from certainty? Can 'I' relate to thought?
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14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 4. Paradigm
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Concepts are superior because they make us more aware, and change our thinking
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / a. Other minds
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Other people completely revise our perceptions, because they are possible worlds
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18. Thought / C. Content / 6. Broad Content
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Phenomenology says thought is part of the world
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 1. Concepts / a. Nature of concepts
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The logical attitude tries to turn concepts into functions, when they are really forms or forces
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Atheism is the philosopher's serenity, and philosophy's achievement
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