To Be Continued?...
Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Today

Part II
16–18 April 2024

Holden M. Rasmussen
Marisa Žele
Aleš Mendiževec
Voranc Kumar
Alejandro Cerda-Rueda
Arka Chattopadhyay
Boštjan Nedoh
Tadej Troha
Adrian Johnston
Mladen Dolar
Henrik Jøker Bjerre
Aleš Bunta
Adam Potts
Alenka Zupančič
Lorenzo Chiesa
Joan Copjec
Emily Laurent-Monaghan
Moritz Herrmann
Arsalan Reihanzadeh
Paris Lavidis
Nadia Bou Ali
Peter Klepec
Mohamed Tal
Frank Ruda
Ray Brassier


Part I
15–17 November 2023

Holden M. Rasmussen
Emily Laurent-Monaghan
Moritz Herrmann
Paris Lavidis
Vesna Liponik
Arsalan Reihanzadeh
Adrian Johnston
Jelica Šumič Riha
Tadej Troha
Boštjan Nedoh
Marisa Žele
Aleš Bunta
Peter Klepec
Alenka Zupančič
Lorenzo Chiesa


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  • We can certainly say that the dialogue between philosophy and psychoanalysis, however prolix, has so far proved very difficult, ever since the latter’s inception. Is there such thing as a philosophy-psychoanalysis relationship? Or has it always been only empty speech? In that case, should it be continued?
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Arsalan Reihanzadeh (ZRC SAZU)



Mathème et/ou lalangue: Philosophy, Sophistry, and the Infinite Judgment


Given Badiou’s and Cassin’s “staging” of the two extremes of L’Étourdit, namely mathème and lalangue, it seems that any interpretation of Lacan is destined to reach the antinomy of these two terms. But is this really the case? (1) First, the focus lies on mathème as that which enables the conjunction of propositions spanning science, mathematics, and philosophy and ensures the “integral transmissibility” of knowledge by aspiring to the paradigm of formalization. Hence, Lacan as philosopher. (2) Second, the focus is drawn to lalangue as a dimension of language independent from grammar, serving as a milieu where “what is heard is refracted in what is said”: unapproachable, it may seem, from the view of logic. Here, Lacan as sophist. (3) Third, I argue that since there exists no common ground between mathème and lalangue, it is impossible to favor one over the other: they constitute an “infinite judgment”.