Difference and Repetition [part 7] Ideas and the Synthesis of Difference

[@bryannoonan5454]

Stunning. This is about as tough a task as there is.

[@wintermute3402]

I haven't ever studied calculus before I watched this video and somehow understood the calculus analogy, then went and watched some calculus tutorial videos that explained the calculus itself, and found it was much easier to learn with Deleuze in the back of my mind, whereas earlier in my life when I tried to tackle calculus simply as a requirement for my program, I gave up trying to actually grasp it and just memorized the proccesses in order to beat the exams. Now I feel like I can really imagine those proccesses instead of just repeating them as a set of instructions.

[@deleuzephilosophy]

It's pretty awesome that Deleuze actually helped you understand math :)

[@drisoubouzoubaa]

Thank you for this amazing summary, its also nice to see you have fun in the making of it

[@deleuzephilosophy]

Thank you, and thanks for watching! :)

[@schizoanalyticOnion]

Thank you so much for this video! I myself have been planning a video on the virtual/actual, but I’ve been stuck on some of the D&R elements - this clears a lot up!

[@deleuzephilosophy]

Very happy to hear this, looking forward to your next video on this topic!

[@immanuel_0697]

Thanks for helping us understand this ingenious book

[@deleuzephilosophy]

My pleasure!

[@pyjonyr5029]

We are not so different, you and I..

[@immanuel_0697]

@@pyjonyr5029 What makes you say that?

[@pyjonyr5029]

@@immanuel_0697 its a joke regards our avatars, nothing more :))

[@uburoi9406]

Shit starts to get real with this chapter. With a philosophy degree you can understand more or less the first three chapters but it starts to get really difficult with chapter four. And it's really him creating his own concept of Difference Great explanation of a very difficult chapter!

[@deleuzephilosophy]

Thank you very much! Yes it's my impression as well, there's a long setup period before we finally get to the actual genesis of Ideas. Next chapter is going to be lit!

[@hegelianischeschizophrener3743]

Thanks for this man. I want to ask you something, ¿do you perceive a big difference between the original french and the english translation? Greetings from Colombia

[@deleuzephilosophy]

You're welcome, thanks for watching. Good question. Those terms that Deleuze invents may have certain connotations in French that the English translation may not render entirely. But I don't think this would impact your reading in any significant manner. The English translations are usually great and obviously well thought through. Cheers from the Alps!

[@heartache5742]

on the one hand, i as a theoretical physics undergrad student found the calculus explanation to be a little confused, but on the other hand, props for the b movie classic

[@deleuzephilosophy]

Well, sorry/happy to hear that! But the fact that Deleuze attracts people from such different fields of thought is really heartening.

[@Ph0bbe1]

I would recommend Simon Duffy’s lecture and interview on youtube on the relation between Deleuze and mathematics. He traces the historical developments in mathematics that deleuze makes use of

[@pyjonyr5029]

Well I as a cybernetics grad found the calculus part to be solid. If I understand it correctly, Deleuze posits two undeterminates (dx, dy) which have no value on their own (in calculus, both dx and dy designate infinitesimally small values). These undeterminates gain a determinate value only when they enter into a relationship (dy/dx is no longer an infinitesimal value). I did not however understand the distinction between dy/dx and the value of dy/dx, or in other words between the reciprocal determination and the complete determination. That part does not carry over as well in the calculus analogy.