Foucault's archaeology: science and transformation

David Webb reveals the extent to which Foucault's approach to language in 'The Archaeology of Knowledge' was influenced by the mathematical sciences, adopting a mode of thought indebted to thinkers in the scientific and epistemological traditions.

By aligning his thought with the challenge to Kantian philosophy from mathematics and science in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, he shows how Foucault established his own perspective on the future of critical philosophy.