Bill Ross demonstrates the relation between Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of difference and the conceptual foundations of contemporary physics through careful engagements with the theory of relativity, quantum physics and chaos and complexity theory. Ross shows that recent work in cosmology by figures such as Lee Smolin and David Bohm calls into question the assumption that the laws of physics are universal and unchanging, a view that Deleuze anticipates.
The second law of thermodynamics tells us that order in the universe as a whole is destined to break down. Against this, Ross demonstrates that, given Deleuze's conception of the event as an expression of non-locality, and his emphasis on dissymmetry over symmetry, at the cosmological scale the universe is not destined towards disorder: evolution outruns entropy.
| ISBN: | 9781399527361 |
| Publication date: | 31st January 2026 |
| Author: | Bill Ross |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | Crosscurrents |
| Genres: |
Phenomenology and Existentialism Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology Philosophy of science |
Bill Ross demonstrates the relation between Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of difference and the conceptual foundations of contemporary physics through careful engagements with the theory of relativity, quantum physics and chaos and complexity theory. Ross shows that recent work in cosmology by figures such as Lee Smolin and David Bohm calls into question the assumption that the laws of physics are universal and unchanging, a view that Deleuze anticipates.
Order and the Virtual features in the following genres: Phenomenology and Existentialism, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of science
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Order and the Virtual was written by Bill Ross and published by Edinburgh University Press
Order and the Virtual has 240 pages
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