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Naturalizing Badiou

Mathematical Ontology and Structural Realism

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Fabio Gironi

    1. University College Dublin, Ireland

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 1-8

  3. Badiou’s Mathematical Ontology

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 9-33

  4. The Ontological and the Empirical: Naturalist Objections

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 34-62

  5. Taking a Stance on Realism and Naturalism

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 63-85

  6. Structural Realisms

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 86-111

  7. Truth and Randomness

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 112-142

  8. Conclusion

    • Fabio Gironi
    Pages 143-148

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 149-236
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Crossing the boundaries between 'continental' and 'analytic' philosophical approaches, this book proposes a naturalistic revision of the mathematical ontology of Alain Badiou, establishing links with structuralist projects in the philosophy of science and mathematics.

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  • University College Dublin, Ireland

    Fabio Gironi

About the author

Fabio Gironi is an IRC postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland. He obtained his Ph.D. at Cardiff University, UK.

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