The New Image of Thought As Fusion of the Quantum and PhilosophyFrançois LaruelleFrom Tétralogos: un opéra de philosophies (Paris: Cérf, 2018), p.152-156; p.157-161.PDF 1. As An Undulatory AspectThe first phase of our construction is the constitution of the matrix or quantization under …
The New Image of Thought As Fusion of the Quantum and Philosophy
Does non-philosophy need a “manifesto” like philosophy does? At the moment of carrying out a more rigorous technical and scientific turning, testing out a second existence by making itself into a “generic science,” involving quantum thought within it, it is …
From the Thought of Power to the Unpower of ThoughtFrançois LaruelleFrom Au-delà du principe de pouvoir (Paris: Payot, 1978), p.13-21PDF 1) Multiplying the suspicions concerning the ends of thought, we begin by suspecting that thought is perhaps endless, that all its power …
Democracy of-the-Last-Instance Within the Sciences: General Equivalency and Generic IdempotencyFrançois LaruelleIn Introduction aux sciences génériques (Paris: Éditions Pétra, 2008), p.97-104. 1) Many philosophers love to mock “democracy,” a theme that is either idealist or political [politicien] or popular, those who keep lying …
Democracy of-the-Last-Instance Within the Sciences: General Equivalency and Generic Idempotency
The Theses of Machinic Materialism and its Distinction from Dialectical MaterialismFrançois LaruelleSelections from Nietzsche contre Heidegger: thèses pour une politique nietzschéenne (Paris: Payot, 1977), p.122-136. The Theses of Machinic Materialism“Machinic materialism” is “Nietzsche’s” latent philosophy, produced at the same time as the …
The Theses of Machinic Materialism and its Distinction from Dialectical Materialism
The Fundamental Questions and Research Programmes for a Study into the NETFrançois LaruelleIn Le nouvel esprit technologique (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2020), p.85-98 This is a table of the main questions towards a critique of Technological Reason: I. EVALUATION OF THE “PHILOSOPHIES …
Laruelle, Francois. “Mon Parmenide.” La Decision philosophique 7 (1989): 105-114. On the argument: The One is One because it is One rather than because it is or is Other. Non-Parmenidian Axioms 1. If the One (etc.), the One is the real identity that …
A Lesson on Non-PhilosophyFrançois LaruelleIn En tant qu’un: la « non-philosophie » expliquée aux philosophes (Paris: Aubier, 1991), p.177-197. 1. The first task is to clarify the field of non-philosophy: its programme, its limits, its objects. And especially its name. The term “non-philosophy” …
The Organon of the Force (of) the LawFrançois LaruelleIn Éthique de l’étranger: du crime contre l’humanité (Paris: Kimé, 2000), p.327-338 The Non-Kantian Universalization of EthicsWe reprise the previous problem of the constitution of the Neighbour [Prochain] by transposing the problem into the …
The Organon of the Force (of) the Law, from Éthique de l’Étranger (2000)
The Real Phenomenal Content of the ‘Multitudo Transcendentalis’The first task is to get rid of the fantastical image, the circular projection that the unitary paradigm gives of People, Individuals or Ordinary Man. In particular, we must get rid of this representation of …
Difference and Identity: Theses on the Future of ThoughtFrançois LaruelleIn En tant qu’un: la « non-philosophie » expliquée aux philosophes (Paris: Aubier, 1991), p.116-121 I) Philosophy, or the domination of Difference over Identity1) In the history of philosophy, Difference and Identity have …
In Philosophie non-standard: générique, quantique, philo-fiction (Paris: Kimé, 2010), p.51-64 Along with the acronyms that we use, we add this glossary of notions proper to the generic treatment of the Quantum. It sums up necessary theoretical notions for the preparation of the …
“The Glossary of the Generic Quantum,” from Philosophie non-standard