I develop a genealogy of the concept of ‘energy' in western philosophy and science, focusing on how energy concepts (e.g., energeia, vis viva, kinetic/potential energy) have been theorized in relation to time. Looking especially to the ideas of Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Martin Heidegger, I argue that the thread that connects energy concepts through time is the epistemological tendency to derive conceptual accounts of change from a prior ontological sameness or essence. I then attempt to lay the groundwork for a process metaphysics that harmonizes with contemporary findings in the physical sciences, while also extending the concept of energy to account for the presence of subjectivity in nature.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc2356218 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Brea, Pedro |
| Contributors | Rowe, Terra S., Briggle, Adam, Storey, David |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Brea, Pedro, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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