Monthly Archives: December 2010

Meillassoux interview

Posted on 27. December 2010 by

An interesting Meillassoux interview (pdf) with Robin Mackay and Florian Hecker, published by Urbanomic. Their list of forthcoming publications is exhilarating, with the Nick Land collection, two books by Francois Laruelle, Reza Negarestani’s sequel to Cyclonopedia, and a work by Fernando … Continue reading →

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Apology for Obscurity

Posted on 20. December 2010 by

Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs be delightful and rejoicing. – Hume, “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”, sect. 1 And yet philosophy, to … Continue reading →

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Mathematics as the Non-Object?

Posted on 12. December 2010 by

The existence axiom at the basis of ZF set theory postulates the existence of the empty set, the set without elements. But being without elements, thus also without parts, the empty set qua mathematical cannot be an object according to … Continue reading →

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