Philosopher

Alain Badiou

Philosopher of ontology and politics — École Normale Supérieure (emeritus)

École Normale Supérieure (emeritus) · European Graduate School · France · d. 17 January 1937

The French philosopher who thinks being in the language of set theory and rebuilds political philosophy around the concepts of the 'event' and the 'truth procedure'.

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Life: b. 17 January 1937 — living
Country: France
Period: Contemporary
School: Post-post-structuralism, Platonism
Affiliation: École Normale Supérieure (emeritus) · European Graduate School
Areas: Ontology, Political philosophy, Philosophy of mathematics, Aesthetics
Major works: Being and Event (1988)
Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil (1993)
Logics of Worlds (2006)
Infinite Thought (1998)
Key concepts: Event, Truth procedure, Multiplicity, Fidelity, The communist hypothesis
Sources: Alain Badiou — PhilPeople

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