Wagner discourse of contemporary philosophy: Alain Badiou vs Philip Lacou-Labarthe

Experiencing Nothing: Anxiety and the Philosophy of Alain Badiou

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different meanings of subject in alain badiou's philosophy

the concept of subject is one of the most crucial concepts in alain badiou's philosophical thought. he uses this concept in connection with concepts such as event, truth and fidelity. in this paper we try to show that there is an obscurity or complication in badiou's use of this concept. there seems to be an inconsistency in his assertions about the nature of subject. some phrases asc...

Writing for Two: A Critique of Literature, Love, and the Event in the Philosophy of Alain Badiou

From Philosophy of Science to Philosophy of Literature ( and Back ) via Philosophy of Mind : Philip Kitcher

A recent focus of Philip Kitcher’s research has been, somewhat surprisingly in the light of his earlier work, the philosophical analyses of literary works and operas. Some may see a discontinuity in Kitcher’s oeuvre in this respect—it may be difficult to see how his earlier contributions to philosophy of science relate to this much less mainstream approach to philosophy. The aim of this paper i...

Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Biology : A Historical Review

The philosophy of biology has existed as a distinct sub-discipline within the philosophy of science for about thirty years. The rapid growth of the field has mirrored that of the biological sciences in the same period. Today the discipline is well represented in the leading journals in philosophy of science, as well as in several specialist journals. There have been two generations of textbooks...