Mathematics of the Transcendental

In Mathematics of the Transcendental , Alain Badiou painstakingly works through the pertinent aspects of category theory, demonstrating their internal logic and veracity, their derivation and distinction from set theory, and the ''thinking of being''. In doing so he sets out the basic onto-logical requirements of his greater and transcendental logics as articulated in his magnum opus, Logics of Worlds . Now available in paperback, Mathematics of the Transcendental provides Badiou''s readers with a much-needed complete elaboration of his understanding and use of category theory. The book is vital to understanding the mathematical and logical basis of his theory of appearing, as elaborated in Logics of Worlds and other works, and is essential reading for his many followers.

About the author

Alain Badiou is a world-renowned French philosopher, formerly chair of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, France, and founder of the faculty of Philosophy at the University of Paris VIII with Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, and Jean-François Lyotard. Badiou has authored multiple major works of philosophy, many of which have been published in English by Bloomsbury, including Being and Event (2005), Logics of Worlds (2009), and The Immanence of Truths (forthcoming, 2021).

Product details

• Authors: Alain Badiou, Alain (Ecole Normale Superieure Badiou, Badiou Alain
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9781474286459
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-8645-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Philosophie der Mathematik, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -