Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Ep. 282: Alain Badiou: What Is Philosophy? (Part One)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 00:55:08
• Published: 2021-11-22 05:02

On Conditions (1992), Ch. 1 "The (Re)turn of Philosophy Itself."

Against post-structuralists who deny Truth, Badiou argues that truths are generated by the truth conditions (politics, art, love, and science/math) which philosophy then thinks into a unified vision.

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