Influence
Simondon's theory of individuation through transduction in a metastable environment was the most important influence on the thought of Gilles Deleuze. Deleuze recognized it in Logique du sens, and this major influence is explained by Alberto Gualandi in his book Deleuze (Paris, Editions Perrin, 2009), and developed by Anne Sauvagnargues in her recent Deleuze. L'empirisme transcendental (Paris, P.U.F., 2009).
Simondon's work has also been adopted by Bernard Stiegler, who places the theory of individuation at the very heart of his philosophical project. Stiegler nevertheless argues that, paradoxically, Simondon failed to think the constitutive role that technical individuation plays in psychic and collective individuation.
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