Between the Void and Emptiness: Ontological Paradox and Spectres of Nihilism in Alain Badiou’s Being and Event and Graham Priest’s One

IF 0.3 0 PHILOSOPHY Open Philosophy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1515/opphil-2022-0234
Georgie Newson
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Abstract In this study, I reconstruct and compare Alain Badiou’s Being and Event (2005) and Graham Priest’s One (2014), arguing that the ontologies pursued within the two texts are intriguingly analogous in a number of ways. Both Badiou and Priest are committed to thinking through classically ontological problems without denying the validity of the paradoxes they raise; both regard Plato’s Parmenides as an early and formative account of these paradoxes; both establish conclusions to the effect that unity – or “oneness” – is indeed a contradictory phenomenon; and both, as a corollary of this conclusion, develop frameworks which confer ontological prominence upon the void and emptiness respectively, thereby arriving at what appears to be a shared ontological nihilism. In this comparative study, I not only enquire whether the frameworks adopted by Badiou and Priest really do lead to nihilist conclusions, but also attempt to clearly outline their trajectories of thought for the benefit of those who might be tempted to dismiss their seemingly outlandish theses out of hand.
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在空虚与空虚之间:阿兰·巴迪乌《存在与事件》和格雷厄姆·普里斯特《存在与事》中的本体论悖论与虚无主义色彩
在本研究中,我重构并比较了阿兰·巴迪欧的《存在与事件》(2005)和格雷厄姆·普里斯特的《存在与事件》(2014),认为这两个文本所追求的本体论在很多方面都是有趣的相似之处。巴迪欧和普里斯特都致力于思考经典本体论问题,而不否认他们提出的悖论的有效性;他们都认为柏拉图的巴门尼德是对这些悖论的早期和形成性的描述;两者都得出这样的结论:统一——或“一”——确实是一种矛盾的现象;作为这一结论的必然结果,两者都发展了框架,分别赋予虚空和空虚以本体论的突出地位,从而达到了似乎是共同的本体论虚无主义。在这个比较研究中,我不仅要探究巴迪欧和普里斯特所采用的框架是否真的会导致虚无主义的结论,而且要试图清楚地勾勒出他们的思想轨迹,以便那些可能会对他们看似古怪的论点不以为然的人受益。
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