The Concept of Model

AcknowledgementsINTRODUCTIONThe Category of Formalization: From Epistemological Break to Truth ProcedureI. Ideology and Epistemological BreakII. Formalization: Subtraction and ForcingIII. On Objectless MaterialismsIV. Structural MaterialismV. Ontological MaterialismVI. 'The Chief Defect of All Hitherto Existing Materialism'VII. From Machinic Psychosis to Subjective Fidelity: 'Marque et manque,' and L'etre et l'evenementVIII. The Structure of Philosophical Intervention, and its Use of Formal InscriptionIX. Note on the TranslationTHE CONCEPT OF MODELForeword1. A few Preliminaries Concerning Ideology2. On the Theses to be Defended in the Sequel3. On Certain Uses of Models thatare Not in Question Here4. On a Purely Ideological Use of the Word 'Model'5. The Scientific Concept of Model andthe Neo-positivist Doctrine of Science6. Construction of the Concept of Model7. Construction of the Concept of Model8. Construction of theConcept of Model9. The Category of Model andMathematical Experimentation10. The Category of Model and theHistorical Time of Mathematical ProductionAppendix1: The goal2: Description of the apparatus PS3: Every theorem of PS is purely logical4: Deduction theorem5: The relative consistency of certain extensions of PS6: The scope of the completeness theorem7: The lindenbaum lemma8: The completeness theorem[Supplement]AN INTERVIEW WITH ALAIN BADIOUThe Concept of Model, Forty Years Later: An Interview with Alain BadiouBibliographyAbout the Authors