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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Philosophy
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Michael Roubach
Coordinator Office Hours:
Monday 15-16
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Michael Roubach
Course/Module description:
In the seminar we will discuss the main thesis of Alain Badiou: Set theory is ontology, the link between subject and truth, the distinction between being and event
Course/Module aims:
Understanding Badiou's philosophy and its place in 20th and early 21st centuries continental philosophy
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Think better and if possible, to be loyal to truth.
Attendance requirements(%):
75%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lectures and reading of the texts
Course/Module Content:
1. The context of Badiou's philosophy.
2. Unity and multiplicity
3. Mathematics is Ontology.
4. Event, Truth, and Subject.
5. Badiou on Love.
Required Reading:
Alain Badiou, Manifest for Philosophy
Alain Badiou, Briefings on Existence. Short Treatise on Transitory
Ontology
Alain Badiou, In Praise of Love
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 100 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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