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Actions and events in Deleuze's logic of sense

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posted on 2014-04-02, 00:00 authored by Sean BowdenSean Bowden
In The Logic of Sense, Deleuze collapses the distinction between "actions" and "mere occurrences", holding that events of both kinds are only ever impassive happenings. He argues that the event exists only as that which is expressible by propositions. In relation to the category of action, this gives rise to the thought that what I appear to actively do does not really depend on my prior willing or intention to do it; it rather depends on the open-ended expression of the "sense" of what I do. On the other hand, however, Deleuze continues to speak of "willing the event" in The Logic Sense. He also continues to affirm the ideas of agency and personal responsibility for what happens. This paper attempts to resolve this apparent contradiction by offering an outline of a Deleuzian, "expressive" account of agency.

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Event

Kaifeng International Deleuze. Conference (2012 : Kaifeng City, China)

Pagination

1 - 9

Publisher

Henan University Press

Location

Kaifeng City, China

Place of publication

Henan, China

Start date

2012-05-18

End date

2012-05-20

ISBN-13

9787564912963

Language

eng

Publication classification

E Conference publication; E1 Full written paper - refereed

Copyright notice

2014, Henan University Press

Editor/Contributor(s)

P Patton

Title of proceedings

Deleuze in China: Proceedings of the 2012 Kaifeng International Deleuze Conference

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