 In response to the Badiouan critique, we can note that one of the most promising leads for future research in discussing the relation of Badiou and Deleuze is to concentrate on the type of mathematics each thinker prefers. Rather than accepting Badiou’s characterization of Deleuze as a thinker of reality in biological terms (as opposed to Badiou’s mathematical orientation), we should see Deleuze as proposing a “problematic” version of mathematics, versus Badiou’s axiomatic conception. This tack has been taken by Smith 2003.