Badiou, who wrote the foreword for Meillassoux's first book After Finitude (Après la finitude, 2006), describes the work as introducing an entirely new option into modern philosophy, one that differs from Immanuel Kant's three alternatives of criticism, skepticism, and dogmatism.
Badiou, som skrev forordet til Meillasoux' bog After Finitude (Après la finitude, 2006), beskriver hans bog som en introduktion af en helt ny mulighed til en moderne filosofi, en mulighed der er anderledes end Immanuel Kants tre alternativer; kritiscisme, skepticisme, og dogmatisme.