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--- Eskandar Sadeghi <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all, I would like to bring to your
> attention a research project at the University of
> Warwick devoted to Deleuze and Guattari's 'What is
> Philosophy?' and the paradigm proposed there for the
> relationship between art, philosophy and science. All
> those interested are encouraged to join in and
> contribute to the ongoing debate that will culminate
> in a one day symposium. See below or follow the link
> for further details.
>
> Best,
>
> Eskandar Sadeghi
>
>
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/research/phillit/research/wip/research/
> The Project [c] Philosophers have not been
> sufficiently concerned with the nature of the concept
> as philosophical reality. They have preferred to think
> of it as a given knowledge or representation that can
> be explained by the faculties able to form it or
> employ it. But the concept is not given, it is
> created; it is to be created.
> Deleuze and Guattari, What is Philosophy?
> What is Philosophy?, first published in 1991, was
> Deleuze and Guattari’s final collaborative text. The
> book elaborates a theory of philosophical practice
> that concentrates on the creative activity of
> philosophy with close attention given to the method of
> creating concepts. Within the book they argue that
> philosophy maintains an active and dynamic
> relationship with the non-philosophical traditions of
> science and art. They seek to elaborate the creative
> operations of science and art in order to explicate
> what it is that philosophy can learn from these
> disciplines. For Deleuze and Guattari the task of
> philosophy is nothing less than creative pedagogy
> associated with concept creation. Fifteen years after
> its initial publication in France, this research group
> will seek to investigate the relationship between the
> three disciplines at stake within the book. It will
> culminate in a one-day symposium which will bring
> together a philosopher, an artist and a scientist, to
> critically discuss
> the implications of the different models proposed in
> this important philosophical work.
>
> What is Philosophy? [c] What is
> Philosophy? The definition of philosophy is famously
> a difficult matter, and indeed many definitions of
> philosophy begin by stating that it is famously
> difficult.
>
> According to Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guarttari, the
> authors of What is Philosophy?, it is the only study
> that is concerned with the creation of concepts, which
> distinguishes it from science, and art. To support
> this thesis, the authors discuss the nature of these
> disciplines and the thought of a wide spectrum of
> philosophers, from Plato to Foucault.
>
> Their work examines the creative relationship between
> philosophy, science and the arts, considering the
> independent pursuits of each study and their ultimate
> connections.
> What is Philosophy? Project This too is the aim of
> the What is Philosophy? Project, led by Dr Darren
> Ambrose and Siobhan McKeown. Darren, Siobhan and
> colleagues from a variety of university departments
> are setting up reading groups, seminars, blog
> discussion boards and a one-day symposium all
> dedicated to the study of how science, art and
> philosophy overlap and inform each other.
> Undergraduates, postgraduates and academics from all
> kinds of different disciplines are invited to take
> part in the project - 70 renowned academics from
> overseas universities are already signed up.
> According to Dr Ambrose philosophy has a pedagogical
> relationship with art and science, it can learn
> lessons from them. Art and Science develop strategies
> of creative thinking and Philosophy must understand
> these processes.
> Special Guests The research project culminates in a
> one-day symposium on Saturday 24 June at which a
> scientist (Professor Ian Stewart, Mathematics), an
> Artist (Turner Prize-nominated Jake Chapman) and a
> Philosopher (Professor Keith Ansell Pearson) will
> discuss the question: What is Philosophy?
> Each of these main speakers, along with a dozen
> invited expert speakers, will be engaged in the
> ongoing research and discussion prior to the event.
> Reading groups and seminars are being held every
> Thursday at 6pm in the Learning Grid, as well as being
> podcast, and the various discussion threads are
> constantly being updated on Warwick Blogs. All of this
> collaborative discussion will feed in to the main
> event.
>
> In addition the University's incoming Vice-Chancellor,
> Professor Nigel Thrift, will be speaking at the
> symposium. Professor Thrift, a human geographer, has
> co-authored a recent article on the relationship
> between the conceptions of space in the work of
> Deleuze and Paul Klee.
> Building a Research Community The project team
> feels that using e-lab technology, combined with
> traditional face-to-face learning, in this way will
> help to create an international research community and
> integrate Warwick's cutting edge technology into the
> academic environment. They see the project as both an
> experiment and a showcase. International colleagues
> are particularly enthusiastic seeing this group as a
> way of combating individuals' isolation and the
> stagnation of ideas. And Warwick students are no less
> enthusiastic - over 40 turned up for last week's
> introductory meeting.
> Using the Technology By using the blogs to build
> working and evolving definitions of concepts the
> project leaders hope that they will become a trusted
> online research resource. Siobhan, a graduate research
> student and project organiser, explained that it would
> be used like a Wiki (a webpage that allows anyone to
> edit its content) so that the discussion will be truly
> collaborative.
> Deleuze and Guarttari - Interdisciplinary Overlaps
> Darren and Siobhan are keen to involve as many people
> from across the University, and beyond, as possible
> and if you are interested in any of the following
> areas then you might want to get involved in the
> project:
> Art
> Francis Bacon, Paul Klee, El Greco, Tintoretto,
> Paul Cezanne
> Cinema
> Time-images, Movement and style, Modern European,
> Art Cinema
>
> Music
> Musical Time, Flow of Music, Contemporary
> Composition
> Literature
> Hardy, Melville, DH Laurence, Kafka, Proust,
> Beckett, Dickens, Murakami
> Science
> Complex dynamic systems, Chaos theory, Catastrophe
> theory, Fractals, Mandelbrot, James Gleick, Darwin,
> Rene Thom, Maturana & Varela
> Philosophy
> Deleuze & Guattari, Bergson, Nietzsche, Spinoza,
> Foucault, Kant, Hegel
> Research on a Shoestring Perhaps the most
> impressive thing about the entire project is the
> dedication and enthusiasm of the organisers: Dr Darren
> Ambrose, Siobhan McKeown, Michael Eardley, Robert
> O'Toole and Emily Harding. This entire project is
> being carried out with no allocated funding: guest
> speakers are invited to stay in people's spare rooms,
> websites being updated in people's spare time etc. And
> although they would love to offer travel bursaries to
> UK students and be able to pay for some part-time
> support, whether the funding comes or not they are
> determined to pull it off anyway!
> Interested? So, if your interest has been piqued
> then have a look at some of the following:
>
> What is Philosophy? Website -
> http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/whip
> Science blog -
> http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/crpl_science
> Art blog - http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/crpl_art
> Philosophy blog -
> http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/crpl_philosophy
> What is Philosophy? -
>
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0231079893/ref=sib_dp_pt/102-6177363-9141759#reader-link
>
> Or come along to one of the seminars or reading
> groups - every Thursday between 18:00 and 20:00 in the
> Learning Grid, Presentation Room B.
>
>
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>
> Research
> Contact
> Darren Ambrose
> Siobhan McKeown
> Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature
> Department of Philosophy
> University of Warwick
> Coventry
> CV4 7AL Tel +44 (0)2476 524960
> Fax +44 (0)2476 523019
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