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Method and object. Horizons for technological biology

(This post is an attempt at elaborating the ideas I outlined in my talk at Bio-pitch in February.) The academic and investigative relationship to biology – our discourse about biology – is becoming increasingly technological. In fields such as bioinformatics and computational biology, the technological/instrumental relationship to nature is always at work, constructing deterministic models of […]

Posted 22 March 2016 † Johan § Bioinformatics § Computer science § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Books: Deleuze’s Nietzsche and De Landa’s Nonlinear History

In 2012, so far, I’ve finished two very evocative books. One is Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy. The other is Manuel De Landa’s 1000 Years of Nonlinear History. Deleuze’s Nietzsche is the author’s interpretation of Nietzsche’s thought. This is perhaps one of the most coherent interpretations of Nietzsche I’ve read. It succeeds in turning Nietzsche’s notoriously […]

Posted 03 May 2012 † johan § Philosophy ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,