On Sat, 8 Oct 1994 CND7750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> In D&R, differences
> in the virtual, differences in tiem, are called differences of kind
> (differenTiation); differences of degree, differences of degree, differences
> in matter or space, are differences in the actual (differenCiation).
> the virtual is the locus of 'intensity'; the actual is the locus of
> 'extensity.'
I agree that the virtual/actual couplet is important, and most of what
Chris was saying made sense. But the above caught my eye: in _D&R_,
while diferentiation is difference within the virtual, differenciation is
not difference in the actual, but difference between the virtual and
actual, "bridged" or achieved through dramatisation (the differenciation
of differenciation).
Further, it seems a little simple to say virtual=time and actual=space.
For a start, there is a form of time that corresponds to the actual, ie.
Chronos (this distinction is made, I think, in _Logic of Sense_, if not
elsewhere).
> chris
Take care
Jon
Jon Beasley-Murray
Literature Program
Duke University
jpb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> In D&R, differences
> in the virtual, differences in tiem, are called differences of kind
> (differenTiation); differences of degree, differences of degree, differences
> in matter or space, are differences in the actual (differenCiation).
> the virtual is the locus of 'intensity'; the actual is the locus of
> 'extensity.'
I agree that the virtual/actual couplet is important, and most of what
Chris was saying made sense. But the above caught my eye: in _D&R_,
while diferentiation is difference within the virtual, differenciation is
not difference in the actual, but difference between the virtual and
actual, "bridged" or achieved through dramatisation (the differenciation
of differenciation).
Further, it seems a little simple to say virtual=time and actual=space.
For a start, there is a form of time that corresponds to the actual, ie.
Chronos (this distinction is made, I think, in _Logic of Sense_, if not
elsewhere).
> chris
Take care
Jon
Jon Beasley-Murray
Literature Program
Duke University
jpb8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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