The Dictionaries in Which We Learn to Think

Taking its title from the discussion of a 'new Meno' to be found in Difference and Repetition , through an examination of the link between learning and thinking set out across Deleuze's work this paper charts the important sense in which philosophical thought is characterised by an ap...

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Published in:Deleuze & Guattari Studies 2015-08, Vol.9 (3), p.301-317
Main Author: Flanagan, Tim
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apprenticeship
Dictionaries
Philosophy and Religion
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Summary:Taking its title from the discussion of a 'new Meno' to be found in Difference and Repetition , through an examination of the link between learning and thinking set out across Deleuze's work this paper charts the important sense in which philosophical thought is characterised by an apprenticeship. The claim is that just as certain aesthetic and biological processes involve inscrutable and non-resembling elements that cannot be known in advance, the experience of learning is one oriented by unforseen encounters. With a view to a peculiarly heuristic use of dictionaries in the case of language learning, the paper shows how the logic (or event) of this experience is one whereby the putative meaning of things does not enjoy a priority over the immanence of their expression.
ISSN:1750-2241
2398-9777
1755-1684
2398-9785
DOI:10.3366/dls.2015.0189