The French Connection is an annual workshop on French philosophy. The aim is to delve deeper into the though of French authors, and to have ample time both for the speakers’ presentations and for discussions. This year, the workshop will be dedicated to the relation the philosophies of Deleuze and Guattari hold to scientific advances and paradigms that were contemporary to them, as well as to other thinkers who were preoccupied with scientific practices.
Program
- 14:00-15:00 - Julie Van der Wielen, Introduction; ‘Guattari’s Critique of Structuralism and Cybernetic Modulation’
- 15:00-16:00 - Francesco Pugliaro, ‘The Fallacy of Misplaced Vitalism: Deleuze with Ruyer’
- 16:00-16:30 - Coffee break
- 16:30-17:30 - Louis Schreel, ‘From Transcendental to Dynamic Structuralism: Deleuze and Petitot’
Practicalities
Time: 16 May 2025
Space: University of Antwerp, Stadscampus – S.R.231
