Kant, Deleuze, and the differential theory of the faculties

This paper presents Deleuze?s interpretation of Kant?s theory of the faculties, with particular emphasis on the significance this theory - and Deleuze?s development of it - has for the concept of learning. In the first part of the paper, I examine Deleuze?s reading of Kant?s system from the standpoint of the harmony of the faculties and the notion of common sense. In the second part, I show how Deleuze, drawing on Kant?s model of the judgment of the sublime, subjects the principle of common sense to critique. Finally, in the third part, I point to both the importance and the limitations of Kant?s understanding of the theory of the faculties in relation to learning, and explain why, according to Deleuze, learning requires a new, divergent or differential theory of the faculties - one that is not grounded in the principle of common sense.