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A Note on the Badiou View of Decision and the Undecidable

In his Larval Subjects post of February 20, 2014, “Let’s Talk About Sets!,” Levi Bryant presents, in apparent agreement, the view of Alain Badiou that: Nothing prevents a decision with respect to what’s undecidable (and notice how closely he parallels Derrida … Continue reading

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Theories of Knowledge and Theories of Linguistic Representation in Parallel Outline 1

0. I have found myself turning my attention to literature and the philosophy of literature, more specifically to the literature that is the fictional narrative represented the short story and the novel and the philosophy thereof. This is one of … Continue reading

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The Beginnings of a Neo-Aristotelian Critique of the Aristotelian Philosophy of Mathematics

0. The purpose of the present post is to take a first step in spelling out the “neo-Aristotelian,” as its tagline characterizes it, point of view motivating this blog. First, the “Aristotelian” of the “neo-Aristotelian” remains apt, despite the “neo.” … Continue reading

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