Las funciones como problemas: Un encuentro entre Luhmann-Deleuze

Abstract

The article examines how Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy of difference provides support for Niklas Luhmann’s systems theory. The complementarity between the two authors is explored through the concept of problem. Deleuze offers a rich analysis of problems not as shortcomings or inadequacies, but as multiplicities and virtual attractors. The goal is not to find ways for erasing problems, but to describe how they act as causal agents giving birth to different solutions. Deleuze’s understanding of problems connects with Luhmann’s notions of functional analysis (as comparative method).