
Badiou
Why Theory
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The Ontology of the New
i think we are on the verge of meta language with some of this stuff which is a problem but i do think you're right that it allows him to make claims that are not just reducible to being subjective. There's a great line from uh from edpluth in his book um but you a philosophy of the new which is really worth reading and he says hagol was the last great philosopher capable of doing the advanced mathematics of his day. I can't prove that math is necessary for talking about ontology but what i can show though is if we bring this in here's what we get and we don't get this otherwise. We send rockets out into deep space hoping
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