Part 8: Theory of the Subject, ft. Andrei Rod...

Covering Part 7 of Alain Badiou’s Being and Event on “Forcing the Generic,” Alex and Andrew discuss the four truth procedures as a way to force the generic into existence. Guest Madhavi Menon presents a queer universalist approach through indifference to difference. Menon is Prof ...  Show more

Covering Part 6 of Alain Badiou’s Being and Event on “The Impasse of Ontology,” Alex and Andrew discuss Badiou’s critique of the discernible and constructible as foreclosures of the event. Guest Calvin Warren thinks the catastrophe through the post-metaphysics of anti-math and th ...  Show more

“A way that math can make the world a better place is by making it a more interesting place to be a conscious being.” So says mathematician Emily Riehl near the start of this episode, and it’s a good summary of what’s to come. Emily works in realms of topology and category the ...

Kant developed a philosophy of geometry that explained how geometry can be both knowable in pure thought and applicable to physical reality. Namely, because geometry is built into not only our minds but also the way in which we perceive the world. In this way, Kant solved the app ...  Show more

On Aristotle's Metaphysics, book 1 (aka Alpha) (ca. 340 BCE). What constitutes a basic explanation of the universe? We talk about how mere practical knowledge of how things in fact work is not enough; there's greater wisdom in knowing the theoretical underpinnings. Various philos ...  Show more

الوضعية المنطقية و التجريبية المنطقية شكلوا حركة الوضعية التجريبية الجديدة اللى ظهرت في منتصف القرن العشرين كتطور طبيعي للظروف التاريخية في الحضارة الغربية الاوروبية على وجهة التحديد. جوهر الحركة قائم علي نظرية التحقق ونظرية المعرفة اللى أكدت أن الجمل المعرفية ذات المعنى هى الجمل ...  Show more