Single Idea 9808

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason]

Full Idea

Philosophy's role consists in informing mathematics of its own speculative grandeur.

Gist of Idea

Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics

Source

Alain Badiou (Mathematics and Philosophy: grand and little [2004], p.11)

Book Reference

Badiou,Alain: 'Theoretical Writings' [Continuum 2006], p.11


A Reaction

Revealing the grandeur of something sounds more like a rhetorical than a rational exercise. How would you reveal the grandeur of a sunset to someone?