truth-event

is at its most radical, a purely formal act of decision not needing any grounds. It is a sense of unconditional faith and cannot be refuted by any argument.

What if what Badiou calls Truth-Event is, at its most radical, a purely formal act of decision, not only not grounded in an effective truth but ultimately indifferent to the precise status (effective or fabulous) of the Truth-Event to which it refers' What if we are dealing here with a key component of the Truth-Event, notably, that true fidelity to the Event is 'dogmatic' in precisely the sense of unconditional Faith, of an attitude which, not needing any grounds, cannot be refuted by any argument'' (Zizek 1998: 245)

is not in need of any grounds. It cannot be refuted by any argument because it is a purely formal act of decision.

What if what Badiou calls Truth-Event is, at its most radical, a purely formal act of decision, not only not grounded in an effective truth but ultimately indifferent to the prEcise status (effective or fabulous) of the Truth-Event to which it refers' What if we are dealing here with a key component of the Truth-Event, notably, that true fidelity to the Event is 'dogmatic' in precisely the sense of unconditional Faith, of an attitude which, not needing any grounds, cannot be refuted by any argument'' (Zizek 1998: 245)

truth event, n.All

truth event