Foucault famously questioned the humor, and possibly the deceit, at the heart of Deleuze's philosophy by asserting its sincerity and seriousness. In this paper I address how humor and sincerity, and thereby truth and...Foucault famously questioned the humor, and possibly the deceit, at the heart of Deleuze's philosophy by asserting its sincerity and seriousness. In this paper I address how humor and sincerity, and thereby truth and falsity, are philosophical concepts at the core of Deleuze's thought. Using Deleuze's work Difference and Repetition as the focal object of my interrogation, I seek to show how truth and falsity are structured by difference and repetition. Deleuze's philosophy of pure difference does not merely try to critique traditional notions of truth, but attempts to define a new model of truth and falsity that bears both differences and repetitions from the previous models in the history of philosophy.展开更多
文摘Foucault famously questioned the humor, and possibly the deceit, at the heart of Deleuze's philosophy by asserting its sincerity and seriousness. In this paper I address how humor and sincerity, and thereby truth and falsity, are philosophical concepts at the core of Deleuze's thought. Using Deleuze's work Difference and Repetition as the focal object of my interrogation, I seek to show how truth and falsity are structured by difference and repetition. Deleuze's philosophy of pure difference does not merely try to critique traditional notions of truth, but attempts to define a new model of truth and falsity that bears both differences and repetitions from the previous models in the history of philosophy.