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…9 min read·Oct 20, 2020--1--1
Glenn GomesI Am A Young ER Doctor In NYC: This Is What It Means To Me“Hope is more contagious than any virus…”11 min read·Sep 28, 2020--1--1
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…3 min read·Sep 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…8 min read·Apr 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).20 min read·Nov 24, 2018--2--2
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…9 min read·Aug 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…6 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·May 17, 2018--1--1
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…7 min read·Apr 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”…6 min read·Mar 24, 2018--1--1