Badiou's Being and event and the mathematics of set theory / by Burhanuddin Baki.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baki, Burhanuddin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Badiou, Alain. Etre et l'événement.

Badiou, Alain.

Set theory.

Ontology.

Events (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

273 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015.

Summary:

"Alain Badiou's Being and Event continues to impact philosophical investigations into the question of Being. By exploring the central role set theory plays in this influential work, Burhanuddin Baki presents the first extended study of Badiou's use of mathematics in Being and Event. Adopting a clear, straightforward approach, Baki gathers together and explains the technical details of the relevant high-level mathematics in Being and Event. He examines Badiou's philosophical framework in close detail, showing exactly how it is 'conditioned' by the technical mathematics. Clarifying the relevant details of Badiou's mathematics, Baki looks at the four core topics Badiou employs from set theory: the formal axiomatic system of ZFC; cardinal and ordinal numbers; Kurt G.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsNotes on Abbreviations, Citations and Translations Introduction 1. Mathematics = Ontology 2. Ontology of Axiomatic Set Theory 3. Metaontology of Situations and Presentation 4. Metaontology of the State and Representation 5. Ontology and Metaontology of the Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers6. Ontology and Metaontology of the Constructible 7. Ontology of Forcing and Generic Sets 8. Metaontology of the Subject, Truth, the Event and InterventionEpilogue Works Cited.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472524454

1472524454

OCLC:

885982996