insights INSIGHT Capitalism as a Transcendental Axiomatic ios_share
Capitalism as an axiomatic system configures subjects and territories beyond mere economics.
Deleuze and Guattari integrate Kantian transcendental ideas to explain capitalism's metaphysical role.
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insights INSIGHT Understanding Axiomatic Systems ios_share
An axiomatic system starts with undefined terms and rules to derive further truths.
Peano's arithmetic exemplifies axioms generating the infinite set of natural numbers.
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insights INSIGHT Capitalism Organizes via Predicates ios_share
Capitalism relies on organizing discrete elements into predetermined categories like state power.
This axiomatics framework limits understanding by predefining predicates and relations.
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Get the app Follow Vintagia now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acidhorizon/vintagia-i-ching-oracle-for-psychogeographers-and-creatives What if capitalism isn’t just an economic system—but a transcendental structure that configures our very experience? In this episode, philosopher Henry Somers-Hall helps us unravel Deleuze and Guattari’s enigmatic claim that capitalism is an axiomatic system. Drawing from Kant, set theory, and the metaphysics of representation, we explore how capital binds and rebinds flows—subjects, territories, even revolt itself. Together we ask: what becomes of revolution when even resistance can be axiomatized? Henry's paper: https://henrysomershall.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/somers-hall-binding-and-axiomatics.pdf
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