Whitehead

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani mentions Whitehead only briefly, and almost always alongside Russell. In several sessions between 2015 and 2022, he presents him as the co-author of the Principia Mathematica12, then as Russell's colleague and friend in founding mathematical logic3, or simply as his collaborator4. These references come up in varied contexts: a reflection on whether one can philosophize between crisis and war, a reading of Nerval's Angélique, a question about whether sciences of history can be real, and a session on the subject in Hölderlin, Mallarmé and Baudelaire. The passages do not indicate that he reads Whitehead's work closely or discusses his theses. In 2026, however, in a session on reading from Plato to Proust, he credits him with a formula: Whitehead, he points out, is the true author of the formula about footnotes to Plato5.

1. 1#1.3 Entre crise et guerre : Philosopher ?14 Sept 2015 · 12:16
2. 2#4.9 Angélique (de Nerval)14 Jun 2018 · 34:51
3. 39 #16 Comment des sciences de l'histoire peuvent-elles être réelles?4 Mar 2021 · 38:13
4. 4Et le sujet dans tout ça ? Hölderlin, Mallarmé et Baudelaire28 Sept 2022 · 1:33:03
5. 5De Platon à Proust - Lectures à vifs6 Jul 2026 · 55:35

Summary produced automatically from 5 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.