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In Praise of Mathematics (Hardcover)
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In Praise of Mathematics (Hardcover)
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Why bother to praise mathematics when you claim, as Alain Badiou
does, that philosophy is first and foremost a metaphysics of
happiness, or else it s not worth an hour of trouble? What possible
relationship can there be between mathematics and happiness? That
is precisely the issue at stake in this dialogue, which serves as a
very accessible introduction to what mathematics is and an
exploration of the crucial influence it has always exerted on the
greatest philosophers. Far from the thankless, pointless exercises
they are often thought to be, mathematics and logic are
indispensable guides to ridding ourselves of dominant opinions and
making possible an access to truths, or to a human experience of
the utmost value. That is why mathematics may well be the shortest
path to the true life, which, when it exists, is characterized by
an incomparable happiness.
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