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Full Idea
Philosophy has been released from, even relieved of, physics, cosmology, and politics, as well as many other things. It is important for it to be released from ontology per se.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy has been relieved of physics, cosmology, politics, and now must give up ontology
Source
Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998], 3)
Book Ref
Badiou,Alain: 'Briefings on Existence', ed/tr. Madarsz,Norman [SUNY 2006], p.59
A Reaction
A startling proposal, for anyone who thought that ontology was First Philosophy. Badiou wants to hand ontology over to mathematicians, but I am unclear what remains for the philosophers to do.