Architectonics of Deleuze’s Logic of sense

Abstract

The article presents a specific proposal of reading the Logic of Sense,
which – referring to the philosophy of Kant – I call architectural. Architectural
reading consists in the simultaneous analysis of philosophical theory and the formal
structure of the work. Although this technique may be referred to a number of
classic works, Logic’s case appears to be unique, as suggested by the author when he
names each of the 34 chapters ‘series’ as a pivotal concept for the theory. Therefore
Logic is deliberately self-reflexive, which means that the structure of chapters and
paragraphs, the nature of philosophical concepts, and even the difficulty in reading
are justified by contents. Finally, it appears that Logic is constructed as a puzzle
waiting to be solved in accordance with subjective questions and problems of the
reader. I intentionally do not present any particular proposal of reading, I merely
try to provide a ‘strategy’. In this sens, the article is a prolegomena to the proper
reading of the Logic of Sense.