Two Sses of Logic: Badiou, Wittgenstein and the Question of Truth

Abstract

This text shows the different ways in which Badiou and Wittgenstein take a stand in relation to truth; Badiou describes the relatedness of truth and event and the necessity of a commitment to truth; Wittgenstein approaches the problem of sense and non–sense of propositions and takes up the issue of scepticism. In its conclusion the text argues that in the dialectics between the different statements of Wittgenstein and Badiou on truth and scepticism we can find traces of a new hermeneutics and a new form of questioning reality.