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This work explores how to create new concepts by challenging traditional methods of thought.

August 28, 2017

Thinking Without Method

Key Points

This work explores how to create new concepts by challenging traditional methods of thought.
Utilizes Deleuze’s critique of thought to frame new concepts.
Invents a fragmented strategy for inquiry that contrasts with traditional methods.
Experiments with a new starting point for qualitative research based on previous work.
Presents a network of concepts that inform a novel approach to inquiry.
Demonstrates the value of an emergent strategy in generating new insights.

Abstract

The author relies on Deleuze’s critique of the dogmatic image of thought to produce the conditions under which new concepts are created. Putting together a network of concepts such as the outside, the encounter, and force, the author invents thinking without method, an emergent, fragmented strategy that forms the outside of stratified qualitative research methods. The author draws upon some of her previous work to experiment with a new starting place for inquiry.

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