Gilbert Simondon
20th century French philosopher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gilbert Simondon (French: [simɔ̃dɔ̃]; 2 October 1924 – 7 February 1989) was a French philosopher best known for his theory of individuation and his work on the field of philosophy of technology. Simondon's work is characterized by his philosophical approach on information theory, communication studies, technology and the natural sciences. Although largely overlooked in his lifetime, the advent of the information age has collaborated to a reappraisal and increased interest in Simondon's books, with him being seen as someone who has precisely predicted and described the social effects and paradigms technical objects and technology itself have offered in the 21st century.
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Gilbert Simondon | |
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Born | (1924-10-02)2 October 1924 Saint-Étienne, France |
Died | 7 February 1989(1989-02-07) (aged 64) Palaiseau, France |
Education | Lycée de Saint-Etienne |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure (Paris) (Agrégation, 1948) (Licence de Philosophie, 1948) (Licence de Psychologie, 1950) (PhD, 1958) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Philosophy of technology |
Institutions | University of Poitiers University of Tours University of Lyon University of Paris |
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Doctoral advisors | Jean Hyppolite, Georges Canguilhem |
Main interests | Information, communication, philosophy of nature, philosophy of science, epistemology, technology, psychology, physics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, hydraulics, chemistry, biology, crystallography, mechanics, electronics, architecture, religion, ethics, aesthetics |
Notable ideas | Individuation Transduction[citation needed] Allagmatics Metastability Abstract and Concrete Technical Objects Open and Closed Systems Minor and Major Technics Techno-Aesthetics |
Despite Simondon's thought having remained largely alienated amidst the effervescent wave of post-structuralism of his age in his homeland of France and Europe in general, a few colleagues have been pioneers in praising Simondon's writings and demonstrating the influence and weight of his intellectual work in their own, the most notable being Gilles Deleuze, whose The Logic of Sense is heavily influenced by Simondon's theory of individuation, and Herbert Marcuse, who takes inspiration from Simondon's notions of the effects of technological alienation in society in his book One-Dimensional Man. Today, Simondon's work influence can most clearly be seen in the works of Bruno Latour, Bernard Stiegler and Yuk Hui.