Wittgenstein's Anti-Philosophy

Resumen del libro

Alain Badiou takes on the standard bearer of the linguistic turn in modern philosophy, and anatomizes the anti-philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. Addressing the crucial moment where Wittgenstein argues that much has to be passed over in silence showing what cannot be said, after accepting the limits of language and meaning Badiou argues that this mystical act reduces logic to rhetoric, truth to an effect of language games, and philosophy to a series of esoteric aphorisms. in the course of his interrogation of Wittgenstein's anti-philosophy, Badiou sets out and refines his own definitions of the universal truths that condition philosophy. Bruno Bosteels' introduction shows that this encounter with Wittgenstein is central to Badiou's overall project and that a continuing dialogue with the exemplar of anti-philosophy is crucial for contemporary philosophy.

Biografía del autor

Alain Badiou (Rabat, Protectorado francés de Marruecos, 1937) es un filósofo, dramaturgo y novelista francés. Profesor emérito en la Escuela Normal Superior (ENS) de Francia, es uno de los pensadores contemporáneos más influyentes en el debate público. Es autor de libros que se han transformado en clásicos como 'El ser y el acontecimiento' y 'Lógicas de los mundos'. Su obra es traducida y estudiada en más de treinta lenguas y leída en gran parte del mundo.