When did Gilbert Simondon live?

Gilbert Simondon was born in 1924 and died in 1989.

Where was Gilbert Simondon from?

Gilbert Simondon was a French philosopher of the Contemporary era.

What philosophical movements is Gilbert Simondon associated with?

Gilbert Simondon was associated with Continental Philosophy and Phenomenology.

How many quotes are attributed to Gilbert Simondon?

There are 8 attributed quotations from Gilbert Simondon in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.

Gilbert Simondon 1924 – 1989

Gilbert Simondon (1924 – 1989) was a French philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Continental Philosophy and Phenomenology.

Gilbert Simondon was a French philosopher whose work on technical objects and individuation has become a touchstone for contemporary philosophy of technology and metaphysics. His doctoral thesis, published as L'Individu et sa genese physico-biologique, replaced the classical question of being with the question of becoming, arguing that individuals do not preexist the operations through which they emerge. Du mode d'existence des objets techniques rehabilitated technology as a domain of culture and offered the first systematic ontology of machines, while his lectures on imagination, perception, and animal life have been gradually published since his death and have shaped the work of Bernard Stiegler, Bruno Latour, and Bernard Geoffroy.

Key facts

Nationality: French
Era: Contemporary
Movements: Continental Philosophy, Phenomenology

Selected quotes

Attributed to Gilbert Simondon:

“The individual is not given; it is the result of an operation of individuation.”
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“To know technical objects is the precondition of every humanism that wishes to be more than rhetoric.”
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“The machine is the stranger in our culture; we have not yet learned to receive it.”
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“Becoming is more fundamental than being; the stable individual is only a phase.”
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“Information is not a transmitted message; it is the operation by which a system becomes individuated.”

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Frequently asked about Gilbert Simondon

When did Gilbert Simondon live?: Gilbert Simondon was born in 1924 and died in 1989.
Where was Gilbert Simondon from?: Gilbert Simondon was a French philosopher of the Contemporary era.
What philosophical movements is Gilbert Simondon associated with?: Gilbert Simondon was associated with Continental Philosophy and Phenomenology.
What was Gilbert Simondon known for?: Gilbert Simondon was a French philosopher whose work on technical objects and individuation has become a touchstone for contemporary philosophy of technology and metaphysics.
How many quotes are attributed to Gilbert Simondon?: There are 8 attributed quotations from Gilbert Simondon in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.