The Politics of Logic Badiou, Wittgenstein, and the Consequences of Formalism |
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| Author:
| Livingston, Paul |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-89191-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2011 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $252.00 |
Book Description:
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In this book, Livingston develops the political implications of formal results obtained over the course of the twentieth century in set theory, metalogic, and computational theory. He shows how the formal results can transfigure two interrelated and ancient problems of the One and the Many: the problem of the relationship of a Form or Idea to the m
In this book, Livingston develops the political implications of formal results obtained over the course of the twentieth century in set theory, metalogic, and computational theory. He shows how the formal results can transfigure two interrelated and ancient problems of the One and the Many: the problem of the relationship of a Form or Idea to the m