Badiou's Being and event and the mathematics of set theory
By: by Burhanuddin Baki
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781472524454; 9781472578716; 9781472578723
Subjects: Set theory; Ontology; Events (Philosophy)
Description: "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