[^5]: Adrian Johnston, “Phantom of Consistency: Alain Badiou and Kantian Transcendental idealism,” Continental Philosophy Review, Vol. 41, No. 3 (2008), 352-54; Badiou, Being and Event, 28.
[^6]: Ibid., 327-43.
[^7]: David Roden, Posthuma…[^17]: See ibid., 338-9; Olivia Lucca Fraser, “Nothingness and Event” (unpublished manuscript), Academia (2009), https://www.academia.edu/858888/NothingnessandEvent. Meillassoux argues, along similar lines, that the absolute represented by …
Quentin Meillassoux
philosopher · 3 mentions across 2 readings
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Meillassoux appears in the course readings primarily through his philosophical position on scientific realism and the concept of the absolute, particularly in dialogue with Badiou's ontology. The excerpts suggest he's being invoked to argue that what science reveals as absolute is not a determinate thing but something more fundamental—a theoretical move that matters for thinking how AI systems relate to reality beyond human perception and constructivism. His work functions as a counterpoint to anthropocentric philosophy, enabling the course to ground discussions of posthuman futures in contemporary continental metaphysics.
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