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Ideas for 'Causes and Counterfactuals', 'Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little' and 'The Analysis of Mind'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

9809	Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou]
	Full Idea: Mathematics inscribes being as such.
	From: Alain Badiou (Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little [2004], p.12)
	A reaction: I don't pretend to understand that, but there is something about the purity and certainty of mathematics that makes us feel we are grappling with the core of existence. Perhaps. The same might be said of stubbing your toe on a bedpost.

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

9811	It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou]
	Full Idea: It is of the essence of being to appear.
	From: Alain Badiou (Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little [2004], p.16)
	A reaction: Nice slogan. In my humble opinion 'continental' philosophy is well worth reading because, despite the fluffy rhetoric and the shameless egotism and the desire to shock the bourgeoisie, they occasionally make wonderfully thought-provoking remarks.