Alain Bidiou
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Badiou uses a lot of set theory in his work. Some of it harks back to the set
theory behind Rusell’s early work, Gödel’s work on axioms, and other 20th
century mathematicians. I studied set theory in math, and again later in
relational database theory. I read some of Badiou’s stuff on ontology and set
theory, and didn’t find it satisfying at all. I read some of his writings that
worked through a lot of set theory, but in the end, don’t gain any new
understanding of the aspects of philosphy that interest me. I find myself
agreeing with Zizek when he says that Badiou fails to “grasp the fundamental
authentically philosophical insight.”
— Ed Wall wrote:
> Has anybody on the list read things by Alain Bidiou? He seems to be
> doing mathematics and ontology. The mathematics seems a little weird
> (at least, what I’ve read), but I’m more interested if he says
> something useful. He is well known for something called Being and
> Event.
>
> Ed Wall
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