Title: Diagrammatic immanence : category theory and philosophy /
Authors: Gangle, Rocco,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Spinoza, Benedictus de,; Peirce, Charles S.; Deleuze, Gilles,; Deleuze, Gilles,; Peirce, Charles S.; Spinoza, Benedictus de,; Metaphysics; Immanence (Philosophy); Categories (Mathematics); Categories (Mathematics); Immanence (Philosophy); Metaphysics
Abstract: "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"--Back cover.
Contents: Spinoza and relational immanence -- Diagrams of structure : categories and functors -- Peirce and semiotic immanence -- Diagrams of variation : functor categoriers and presheaves -- Deleuze and expressive immanence -- Diagrams of difference : adjunctions and topoi.