Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.6 Axioms of Foundation and Choice“The remarkable conceptual connection affirmed here [by the axiom of foundation] is that of the Other and foundation. This new Idea of the…Oct 20, 20201Oct 20, 20201
Glenn GomesI Am A Young ER Doctor In NYC: This Is What It Means To Me“Hope is more contagious than any virus…”Sep 28, 20201Sep 28, 20201
Glenn GomesinBadiou and ScienceUpdates and a Re-commitmentIt is hard for me to believe that the last post in my [Badiou and Science] series was a year and a half ago, and that there have only been…Sep 11, 2020Sep 11, 2020
Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.5 Axioms and Predicates“A great theory, which had to show itself capable of providing a universal language for all branches of mathematics, was born… It became…Apr 4, 2019Apr 4, 2019
Glenn Gomes[Badiou and Politics] How Global Capitalism Generates Terrorism, Racism, and Xenophobia.…And a Way Forward (if We Are Courageous Enough to Engage With It).Nov 24, 20182Nov 24, 20182
Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.4.3 The Surreal Numbers: Part 3“But [there are] also so many other [numbers than our traditional numbers], which finitude and the wretchedness of our inherited practice…Aug 2, 2018Aug 2, 2018
Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.4.2 The Surreal Numbers: Part 2“And this is the problem: is it possible to identify a Number as opposed to sets of Numbers?… Does the numberless throng of Numbers…Jun 24, 2018Jun 24, 2018
Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.4.1 The Surreal Numbers: Part 1“…along with reals and ordinals, [the surreals] contain an infinitely infinite throng of numbers whose existence no one has conceived of…May 17, 20181May 17, 20181
Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.3 The Continuum Problem“The impasse of ontology — the quantitative un-measure of the set of parts of a set — tormented Cantor… the multiple p(ωₒ) is the…Apr 17, 2018Apr 17, 2018
Glenn GomesinBadiou and Science[Badiou and Science] 1.2 Infinity and Infinite Sets“… the existence of zero, or the empty set, and the existence of an infinite set can in no way be deduced from “purely logical”…Mar 24, 20181Mar 24, 20181