Under the name materialism we understand two perfectly contradictory theses. One states that there is the One, the other that the One precedes the Other, and thus that there is the Two.
‘There is the One’ is the monist thesis about being, for which ‘matter’ in reality is only the signifier. Every materialism posits the primitive unicity of being, with the implication that its intimate constitution requires only one name. Matter is this name.
It is only the non derivable nature of the One-of-being that is designated by this signifier of matter. One can illustrate this nominating power with a variety of scientific considerations to make it seem attractive and convincing: mass, electrons, atoms, waves, various particles, and so on.
Thus, if you want to name the name of the One, you instantly obtain the multiple
Badiou, Alain (2009 [1982]) ‘The Indissoluble Salt of Truth (November 21, 1977)’, in Theory of Subject, trans. Bruno Bosteels, Continuum: London, p.190
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