Foucault's Archaeology

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Edinburgh University Press, Nov 30, 2012 - Philosophy - 192 pages
Reveals the extent to which Foucault's approach to language in The Archaeology of Knowledge was influenced by the mathematical sciences, adopting a mode of thought indebted to thinkers in the scientific and epistemological traditions such as Cavailles and
 

Contents

The Statement and the Archive
85
2 THE ENUNCIATIVE FUNCTION
90
3 THE DESCRIPTION OF STATEMENTS
98
4 RARITY EXTERIORITY ACCUMULATION
105
5 THE HISTORICAL A PRIORI AND THE ARCHIVE
111
Archaeological Description
120
2 THE ORIGINAL AND THE REGULAR
122
3 CONTRADICTIONS
128

7 TEMPORAL DISPERSION
34
COMMENTARY ONTHE ARCHAEOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE
39
Introduction
41
The Discursive Regularities
48
2 DISCURSIVE FORMATIONS
56
3 FORMATION OF OBJECTS
62
4 THE FORMATION OF ENUNCIATIVE MODALITIES
69
5 THE FORMATION OF CONCEPTS
72
6 THE FORMATION OF STRATEGIES
77
7 REMARKS AND CONSEQUENCES
80
4 THE COMPARATIVE FACTS
132
5 CHANGE AND TRANSFORMATIONS
136
6 SCIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
143
Conclusion
152
CLOSING REMARKS
159
Notes
166
Selected Bibliography
174
Index
178
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David Webb is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Staffordshire University. His publications include Heidegger, Ethics and the Practice of Ontology, and papers on Michel Foucault, Michel Serres, and Jean Cavaillès.

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