I agree with you about Derrida & so on. I bought quite a few of their books
in the 80s ("10,000 plateaus" & so on) and (fairly) rapidly worked out that
they were talking complete rubbish (even without help from Alain Sokal...)
I'm quite pleased to say.On 29 October 2014 21:04, Peter Sas <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if you know the work of the French philosopher Badiou. He has > built an entire ontology on set theory, taking the empty set (or the void > as dramatically calls it) as his most fundamental concept. He takes over > the Von Neumann derivation of math in terms of set theory and then adopts a > kind of mathematical Platonist attitude, saying that all being is > mathematical and hence 'founded on the void'. I have grappled with his > theory for a while but concluded that although Badiou distances himself > from Derrida etc. he doesn't escape the 'French disease' in philosophy: > using impressive sounding but in the end arbitary terminology to cover up > the logical gaps in his theory. Obviously I don't want to say that all > French philosophers are like that, but the likes of Derrida, Deleuze etc. > have done so much damage in philosophy, I feel. Badiou pretends to be so > scientific and stringent with his set-theoretic and mathematical ontology, > but in the end he is just as arbitrary and pretentious as Derrida in my > view. How do you perceive Badiou? > > Nevertheless, I could not resist buying Badiou's book on category theory > ("Mathematics of the transcendental"), especially after your suggestions > about category theory. But then I read on the inside flap that this book > "is essential reading for his many followers". And the I felt the need to > vomit... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
