on logic (reading A. Badiou)

[ulia_mozambik]

up till today i had been convinced on purely formal existence of logic; it has been an intellectual device discovered by humans at some point rather than than immanent law that has always been apart from human knowledge (or unawareness) of it. B. gives, within framework of his thought (which frankly must be studied more and in detail!) he gives it a status of transcendental. yes, it regulates statements and is in service of our way of thinking but due to precisely to its character of being immanent given, the one which makes possible appearance of being per se as well as the coming forth of this appearance as bound (he says essentially bound) as a whole in moving forth. being of course he characterizes in a sense of pure multiplicity, neutral, indifferent, inconsistent (p.101, Logic of Worlds), formless by nature to which then logic applies its transcendental powers. but where do these powers originate if not in that nature itself?...

ps to answer Tommy on God; the concept appeared as a solution to specific problems not to be solved at the particular moment, not as a subject/problem of thought, somewhat idealist solution of course embracing all as a principle (vs. being what Tommy says something to be discovered/studied as an entity even a metaphorical one).

ps 2 (May 21). I love these quotes on philosophy: ''a route of many roads, leading from nowhere to nothing,'' (Ambrose Bierce); and similar one - "unintelligible answers to insoluble problems" (Henry Adams, historian)..

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