
Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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Is Set Theory a Null Set?
Badeu argues that the ultimate reality is i la vide, or the void. He sees set theory as an authority for such vast claims about ontology. But in hears, the stunning part, set theory does not presuppose the existence of anything. All sets required by arithmetic can be constructed from fi, the empty set. philosophy constructs a fiction of knowledge and a fiction of art to dazzle us. The seizing is driven by the intensity of a love without object.
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