multiplicity

multiplicity is a conceptconcept
In what is philosophy?, a concept is a creation (act of creativity) that testifies to the positive power of thinking as an event of life. philosophy creates concepts and puts th...
developed by deleuzedeleuze
gilles deleuze (18 january 1925 - 4 november 1995) was a french philosopher and, to me, the philosopher's philosopher and a sage. his work grapples with difference, creativity, though...
and bergsonbergson
henri bergson (1859-1941) was a french philosopher. he wants to distinguish objective understanding from interior experience. his most well-known books are introduction à la métaphysique, Creative ...
. intensive vs. extensive multiplicity depends on intensive vs. extensive differencedifference
thinkers of difference include hegel, heidegger, deleuze, and jacques derrida, the goal being to show that identity is conditioned by difference rather than the other way around.

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. An extensive multiplicity is a multiplicity of some distinct, generalized, and bounded body (collections of things, bodies, numbers, qualities, species).

An intensive multiplicity is not a multiplicity of an identifiable measure; it is a substantive multiplicity. What it is is an effect of its connections (or its becoming-multiple).