University of Tehran Press Philosophy of Religion 2008-7063 13 4 2016 12 21 Axiomatic Atheism in Alain Badiou’s Thought Axiomatic Atheism in Alain Badiou’s Thought 613 638 61119 10.22059/jpht.2016.61119 FA Ahmad Ali Heydari Associated professor, Department of Philosophy, Allameh Tabtaba’i University, Iran Ali Hatamian MA Student in Philosophy of Religion, Allameh Tabtaba’i University, Iran Journal Article 2015 03 11 Alain Badiou is one of the leading contemporary thinkers whose ideas in philosophy have seriously influenced theological discourses. His thought mainly relies on two pillars, ontology and theory of the event. Based on these ideas, he tries to remove religious/spiritual elements of the contemporary thought. With his novel mathematical ontology of multiple, he tries to categorize and criticize all theological discourses, especially what relates to God, and to block the return of religious thought. He uses mathematics as the ontology of the death of God, which in this text is called ‘Axiomatic Atheism’. Analyzing this title, we first describe the main principles of his ontology, especially what relates to the death of god. Then we examine these principles and his proposed model to show some possible criticism about his atheistic thought. Alain Badiou is one of the leading contemporary thinkers whose ideas in philosophy have seriously influenced theological discourses. His thought mainly relies on two pillars, ontology and theory of the event. Based on these ideas, he tries to remove religious/spiritual elements of the contemporary thought. With his novel mathematical ontology of multiple, he tries to categorize and criticize all theological discourses, especially what relates to God, and to block the return of religious thought. He uses mathematics as the ontology of the death of God, which in this text is called ‘Axiomatic Atheism’. Analyzing this title, we first describe the main principles of his ontology, especially what relates to the death of god. Then we examine these principles and his proposed model to show some possible criticism about his atheistic thought. https://jpht.ut.ac.ir/article_61119_b4e717bf35edbdbb9d011ef244d74822.pdf