Matheme and mathematics on the main concepts of the philosophy of Alain Badiou

DOI10.2143/LEA.231.0.3141818zbMATH Open1369.03056arXiv1406.0059MaRDI QIDQ5283797FDOQ5283797

Authors: Maciej Malicki 

Publication date: 25 July 2017

Abstract: In this paper, I present a critical discussion of mathematical arguments employed in the philosophy of event of Alain Badiou. On the basis of "Being and Event" as well as his other writings, I analyze the main notions of his philosophy such as the indiscernible, the undecidable, and the unnameable. The focus of my analysis is both on their mathematical consistency, and their philosophical consequences. I argue that the mathematical approach developed by Badiou is seriously defective, and, as a result, that it cannot serve as an ontological basis for the concept of event as presented in "Being and Event".

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.0059

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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• The law of the subject: Alain Badiou, Luitzen Brouwer and the Kripkean analysis of forcing and Heyting calculus.

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