David Webb

This book provides a new perspective on Foucault‚Äôs 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‚Äôs 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‚Äôs work by highlighting his relation to thinkers such as Cavaill√®s and Serres. It aims to provide a reading of The Archaeology of Knowledge that puts it at the heart Foucault‚Äôs 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.

Foucault's Archaeology

David Webb

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