Foucault's Archaeology : Science and Transformation
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Foucault's Archaeology : Science and Transformation

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Foucault's Archaeology : Science and Transformation

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This book provides a new perspective on Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge by revealing the extent to which its approach to language was influenced by the mathematical sciences. Setting out this background to Foucault's analysis makes The Archaeology of Knowledge both accessible in a new way, and relevant to issues that are at the heart of much contemporary debate over the nature of critical thought and the relation between philosophy and the sciences. This book sheds new light on a crucial period of Foucault's work by highlighting his relation to thinkers such as Cavaillès and Serres. It aims to provide a reading of The Archaeology of Knowledge that puts it at the heart Foucault's thought. Rather than attempting a scientific study of language as such, Foucault is shown to have adopted a mode of thought indebted to thinkers in the scientific and epistemological tradition.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. BACKGROUND
  8. 1. TO WHAT PROBLEM DOES THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE RESPOND?
  9. 2. GASTON BACHELARD: CONSTRUCTION AND TEMPORAL DISCONTINUITY
  10. 3. JEAN CAVAILLÈS: GROUNDING THOUGHT IN ITS OWN HISTORY
  11. 4. MICHEL SERRES: MATHEMATICS, EPISTEMOLOGY, HISTORY
  12. 5. MICHEL SERRES: ATOMISM
  13. 6. THE MATHEMATICAL A PRIORI
  14. 7. TEMPORAL DISPERSION
  15. COMMENTARY ONTHE ARCHAEOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE
  16. PART I: Introduction
  17. Part II: The Discursive Regularities
  18. 1. THE UNITIES OF DISCOURSE
  19. 2. DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS
  20. 3. FORMATION OF OBJECTS
  21. 4. THE FORMATION OF ENUNCIATIVE MODALITIES
  22. 5. THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS
  23. 6. THE FORMATION OF STRATEGIES
  24. 7. REMARKS AND CONSEQUENCES
  25. Part III: The Statement and the Archive
  26. 1. DEFINING THE STATEMENT
  27. 2. THE ENUNCIATIVE FUNCTION
  28. 3. THE DESCRIPTION OF STATEMENTS
  29. 4. RARITY, EXTERIORITY, ACCUMULATION
  30. 5. THE HISTORICAL A PRIORI AND THE ARCHIVE
  31. Part IV: Archaeological Description
  32. 1. ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS
  33. 2. THE ORIGINAL AND THE REGULAR
  34. 3. CONTRADICTIONS
  35. 4. THE COMPARATIVE FACTS
  36. 5. CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATIONS
  37. 6. SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
  38. Part V: Conclusion
  39. CLOSING REMARKS
  40. Notes
  41. Selected Bibliography
  42. Index