Term:multiplicity

1. [L] (pronounced [L]) multiplicity 1:(-)1:(-)1

Definitions

1. The quantity of a particular kind of element within a multiset.

   language proficiency level or register

   technical (proposed; ES) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   field, scope, or group [Item]

   set theory (top-level category) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   signifier refers to model

   --

   synonym

   quantity

2. The emergence of separate entities through the action of entities against each other as an inevitable part of determining the basic boundaries and definitions of said entities.

   language proficiency level or register

   technical term within local research group (proposed; ES) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   field, scope, or group [Item]

   schizoanalysis (proposed; ES) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   signifier refers to model

   sea of free-floating entities 1:(-)1:(-)1

   synonym

   plurality

   reterminism

3. The emergence of separate entities specifically through the ongoing definition of the physical or conceptual edge of an entity; the existence of separate free-floating entities as actively divided or shaped by an underlying process of Being.

   language proficiency level or register

   technical term within local research group (proposed; ES) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   field, scope, or group [Item]

   schizoanalysis (proposed; ES) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   signifier refers to model

   process of Being 1:(-)0:(-)0

   synonym

   Being-process

4. The connection of different separate instants in time or perceptions of time into a continuous progression of happenings; the inseparable multiplicity of moments.

   language proficiency level or register

   technical term within local research group (proposed; ES) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   field, scope, or group [Item]

   early-existentialist tradition 1:(-)1:(-)1

   signifier refers to model

   spacetime (proposed; STM) 1:(-)1:(-)1

   synonym

   spacetime

   experience

Forms

represented by form [Form]

multiplicity

grammatical category

noun (N)

Derived terms

represented by form [Form]

virtual multiplicity

grammatical category

noun (N)

represented by form [Form]

actual multiplicity

grammatical category

noun (N)

Usage notes

This is one of many cases of philosophers repeatedly trying to describe the same concepts with multiple different terms, made worse by philosophers then landing their inconsistent descriptions of different concepts onto the same term.

Sense "plurality" vs sense "spacetime"

Between Bergson and Deleuze, there is a subtle problem that forms between attempting to characterize events as multiplicities of objects versus as multiplicities of connected instants of time. These are very different concepts that both end up using the same word simply because there are several (multiple) of each thing. Somehow, neither author appears to think of the concept of relativity and realize that it is also possible for every separate object in the multiplicity of objects to undergo a multiplicity of times. This is a critical realization because it means that Bergon's multiplicity of times may be an illusion — should there be two people Henry and Felix each experiencing a multiplicity of times, they would not be experiencing any of the same times, but rather one would be experiencing Henry-seconds and one would be experiencing Felix-seconds, and the Henry-seconds would only become Felix-seconds or vice versa inasmuch as the two people are or are not able to interact with each other. This should cast immediate doubt on any and all existentialist attempts to transform time into something that can only be "experienced", given that in most situations Henry fundamentally cannot even know what a Felix-second is nor Felix know what a Henry-second is. Their individual experiences are inaccessible to each other, so it cannot be said Bergson-style that Henry-seconds are more intuitive to Felix than an objective lens describing relativity as it occurs for all perspectives when Felix will never intuitively know what a Henry-second is in the first place.