“Deleuze calls this ability of topological forms to give rise to many different physical instantiations, a process of “divergent actualization”, taking the idea from French philosopher Henri Bergson who, at the turn of the century, wrote a series of texts where he criticized the inability of the science of his time to think the new, the truly novel”
Manuel deLanda
DELEUZE, DIAGRAMS, AND THE OPEN-ENDED BECOMING
In: Becomings: explorations in time, memory, and futures (by Elizabeth A. Grosz, 1999)
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I am so sorry to admit that I have a hard time even to begin to understand, but I still find it an interesting notion that science has grappled with new ideas and approaches back then. The question is where we stand today.
ResponderExcluirI just heard moments ago about about the Nobel prize for achievements in physiology and medicine being awarded to Robert G. Edwards.