Logics of Choice and Equivocations of the Absolute

Heather Yeung; Quentin Meillasoux

Logics of Choice and Equivocations of the Absolute

Heather Yeung (Translator)
, Quentin Meillasoux

Humanities

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We are interested, here, in the criteria of the “crucial choice” set out in The Immanence of Truths between the ontology of consistent multiples and that of inconsistent multiples (between Gödel and Cohen). After having set out what seem to be the aporias of such a choice since Being and Event, we attempt to identify a possible answer to this question by turning to the notion of the Absolute as Badiou first thematizes it in The Immanence of Truths. This interpretation then leads us to hypothesize a possible “neoplatonic turn” in his philosophy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	182-209
Number of pages	28
Journal	Crisis and Critique
Volume	12
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 25 Dec 2025

Keywords

Badiou
The Immanence of Truths
choice
Absolute
neoplatonism

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