reading and rereading After Finitude, the philosophical masterpiece by Quentin Meillassoux They say Quentin Meillassoux is the French philosopher who’s getting the most buzz in the English-speaking world since Jacques Derrida. In French he’s published two books and only a few articles. Of course malicious gossip has surfaced that his books are overrated, which has drawn the suspicious inquiry of academic cynicism. But, his books are for real! In fact, his publication in 2006 of Après la Finitude (After Finitude) was already a significant step in the history of philosophy. Its factual ontology reveals the necessity for correlationism. Everything, without exception, is contingent. The only thing necessary — the only true, ultimate necessity — is that everything is and must be correlational! In any case, reading a book like After Finitude leads one to a profoundly changed vision of the world, as is the case with all great philosophers….