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Mathematics of the Transcendental

By Alain Badiou
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Mathematics of the Transcendental by Alain Badiou explores key facets of category theory, revealing its internal logic and how it contrasts with set theory. This book expounds the fundamental onto-logical principles within Badiou's transcendental logic, foundational to his major work Logics of Worlds. Previously unpublished, it offers a comprehensive insight into Badiou's interpretation and use of category theory, pivotal for understanding the mathematical framework behind his philosophy of appearing.
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This book suits readers with an interest in contemporary philosophy and advanced mathematics, particularly followers of Badiou's work and those seeking a deeper understanding of category theory's philosophical implications. It is ideal for philosophically minded mathematicians and scholars exploring the interface of logic and ontology.

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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.

Previously unpublished in either French or English, Mathematics of the Transcendental provides Badiou's readers with a much-needed complete elaboration of his understanding and use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.

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Reviews praise Badiou's precise and lucid mathematical exposition, highlighting its philosophical significance—especially the relationship between category theory and set theory. The Notices of the AMS commends the clarity of his remarks, while Peter Hallward describes the work as an accessible and stimulating introduction to complex contemporary mathematics, valuable both pedagogically and philosophically.

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ISBN: 9781474286459

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 March 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 296

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About the Author

Alain Badiou teaches at the École Normale Supérieure and at the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris, France. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has published a number of major philosophical works.

A. J. Bartlett is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Research Unit in European Philosophy at Monash University, Australia. He is the author of Badiou and Plato: An Education by Truths, and with Justin Clemens and Jon Roffe author of Lacan, Deleuze, Badiou, forthcoming.

Alex Ling is Research Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Badiou and Cinema, and Badiou Reframed, forthcoming.

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