Archives mensuelles : décembre 2014

Some people admire Alain Badiou’s thought for its mathematical sophistication and for his contributions to a post-Cantorian ontology. This technical side to his system has never seemed very useful or convincing to me, and I much prefer Badiou in his … Lire la suite →

Update: my comment of today now appears, but the original instance never did. Sometimes when you make a comment on the blogosphere it just disappears for no apparent reason. This is why you should always make a copy of your … Lire la suite →

I shall continue thinking and writing about my ideas in philosophy, researching and developing religious, epistemological and ontological pluralism, exploring the relations between philosophy and science fiction, combating the academic cliques and cartels. Thank you to everyone who encouraged me … Lire la suite →

Latour has no sense of religiosity as being founded in the body, which is at most the seat of « metamorphosis » for him. Latour is in flight from the body and metamorphosis into religion. Subjecthood is the goal of religion in … Lire la suite →

I accord no fundamental importance to Badiou’s allegorical hermeneutics of technical developments in set theory. Without the allegorisation they do not amount to much, and it is the allegorical version of his concepts that is in rivality with those of … Lire la suite →

Response to  DOES THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD NEED REVISION?, a blog post by Sabine Hossenfelder. I agree with the demand of testability for a scientific theory but I find Sabine’s formulation very vague, which is probably a good thing as making … Lire la suite →

This paper gathers together my thoughts on Latour’s analysis of religion and on its shortcomings from a pluralist perspective. All comments are welcome.

Thesis: Latour’s system is not descriptive and empirical, but a priori and prescriptive. The treatment of religion is particulalarly revealing of how the fable of an ethnographic investigation serves to legitimate autobiographical prejudices as if they were the result of … Lire la suite →

Once you know it’s there you can see that « genealogy » is everywhere in Feyerabend. For example in AGAINST METHOD from the considerations on history and complexity in the first chapter to the call for a reform of education in terms … Lire la suite →

I met Deleuze briefly but had no conversation, and attended his classes for 6 years – this is one of the greatest experiences of my life. I had a couple of conversations with Lyotard. These two philosophers are the most … Lire la suite →