
PREMIUM-Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Four Conditions of Philosophy
Philosophy is not a production of truth, but an operation carried out on the basis of truths. The truth simultaneous designates a plural state of things. There are heterogeneous truths and the unity of thought. We're not discovering these very specific truths, but we can say something meta about these things. And so that puts us always in this negative position where we're not making positive assertions. But if we say something, what's a good example of a philosophical statemind? Yes, there are two substances distinct from body. Let's do one statement: Two basic types of thing in the world, physical and mental. So if we make a statement like that, right now we
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