{"product_id":"the-technique-of-thought-nancy-laruelle-malabou-and-stiegler-after-naturalism-paperback-softback-9781517904302","title":"The Technique of Thought; Nancy, Laruelle, Malabou, and Stiegler After Naturalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781517904302","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Technique of Thought\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eNancy, Laruelle, Malabou, and Stiegler After Naturalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan James (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517904302\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 February 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.329 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is a tour de force: it remains faithful to the thought of the theorists studied while putting forward its own distinct philosophy. It also brings together philosophy and science in ways that have been lacking in contemporary continental thought.\"-AurÉlien Barrau, Laboratory of Subatomic Physics and Cosmology, UniversitÉ Grenoble Alpes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rethinking the relation between philosophy and science, and written in dialogue with a wide range of scientific discourses, Ian James situates an incisive series of postphenomenological and postdeconstructive readings in light of Anglophone traditions of naturalism and science writing. \u003ci\u003eThe Technique of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkably lucid and accessible volume that will both initiate and transform scholarly debates across numerous disciplinary fields and traditions.\"-Philip Armstrong, The Ohio State University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book tentatively envisions philosophy as a technique of thought in order to \"imagine a future\" when there is no longer a fracture between analytic and Continental traditions in philosophy.\"-\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"While the title of this brilliant book is written in the singular, it should, to my mind, be read through the lens of what one of the thinkers addressed in the book, Jean-Luc Nancy, has referred to as the singular plural. For as Ian James establishes from one chapter to the next, in meticulous readings of contemporary scientific and philosophical texts, the real is irreducibly multiple.\"-\u003ci\u003eCritical Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The rigor and deft with which James approaches scientific-realist perspectives produce a rich picture of post-metaphysical thinking.\"-\u003ci\u003eRhizomes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"James’s staged encounter of some of the most interesting current scientific and philosophical work is not only extremely rewarding to read, but also highly suggestive of myriad paths for research to come.\"-\u003ci\u003eFrench Studies \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterrogating the work of four contemporary French philosophers to rethink philosophy’s relationship to science and science’s relationship to reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Technique of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between philosophy and science as articulated in the work of four contemporary French thinkers-Jean-Luc Nancy, FranÇois Laruelle, Catherine Malabou, and Bernard Stiegler. Situating their writings within both contemporary scientific debates and the philosophy of science, Ian James elaborates a philosophical naturalism that is notably distinct from the Anglo-American tradition. The naturalism James proposes also diverges decisively from the ways in which continental philosophy has previously engaged with the sciences. He explores the technical procedures and discursive methods used by each of the four thinkers as distinct “techniques of thought” that approach scientific understanding and knowledge experimentally.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoving beyond debates about the constructed nature of scientific knowledge, \u003ci\u003eThe Technique of Thought\u003c\/i\u003e argues for a strong, variably configured, and entirely novel scientific realism. By bringing together post-phenomenological perspectives concerning individual or collective consciousness and first-person qualitative experience with science’s focus on objective and third-person quantitative knowledge, James tracks the emergence of a new image of the sciences and of scientific practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStripped of aspirations toward total mastery of the universe or a “grand theory of everything,” this renewed scientific worldview, along with the simultaneous reconfiguration of philosophy’s relationship to science, opens up new ways of interrogating immanent reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction. Post–Continental Naturalism: A Question\u003cbr\u003e1. The Image of Philosophy \u003cbr\u003e2. The Relational Universe\u003cbr\u003e3. Generic Science \u003cbr\u003e4. Thinking Bodies\u003cbr\u003eConclusion. The Eclipse of Totality\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523157160216,"sku":"9781517904302","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-technique-of-thought-nancy-laruelle-malabou-and-stiegler-after-naturalism-paperback-softback-9781517904302","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}