Concepts and Theories

Question 1

Mind/body dualism (?)

Answer 1

Descartes
“I think therefore I am”
Mind rules body
= theory is abstract thought separate from whims of worldy concern

Question 2

Monism (?)

Answer 2

Spinoza
Mind and body equal
= capacities to affect and be affected
Theory is always already in the world, shaped by encounters

Question 3

Thinking as experiment (?;?)

Answer 3

Deleuze and Guattari 1994
“To think is to experiment”
Concepts = vehicles for experimenting with thinking in a world that is never finished

Question 4

Objects objecting (?;?)

Answer 4

Latour 2000
Natural science = not impartial / disinterested
Objectivity = objects able to object to what is told about them
e.g. in a lab

Question 5

Thinkers and “fiery imperatives” (?;?)

Answer 5

Deleuze 1968
Something in the world forces us to think
Thought should be inventive not just descriptive - to think is to create
Open up to transformative effects of what’s happening