What did Derrida's approach say about nihilism? — Tom Storm
Are you really a robot? Can't think for yourself. I say that's skepticism based on my thoughts of what skepticism is. I don't care whether he claims he's a skeptic. His criticism is a form of skepticism.↪L'éléphant
It's a quote that has nothing to do with skepticism, and it's not from Derrida. — Streetlight
The deconstructive critic seeks to find, by this process of retracing, the element in the system studied which is alogical, the thread in the text in question which will unravel it all, or the loose stone which will pull down the whole building.
Down to earth comment! There are better philosophical tools to critique ideas/written texts -- we don't need to use deconstruction.I wonder what it was like for Derrida to inhabit the quotidian world with the potential burden of all those complex ideas. I feel thankful to be shallow, poorly read but generally phlegmatic, if uninspired. — Tom Storm
I really don't understand why people who have never read a word of Derrida in their life like to talk about Derrida. It's the same impulse that teenage boys have talking about quantum physics. It must sound cool or something despite their total ignorance. — Streetlight
As a normative , grammatical or rule-forming criterion, is the relation between this system and actual word use referential( the rule is accessed and applied to the current situation) or does the system only actually exist as it is being redefined by the present context of word use? — Joshs
Derrida was well aware of Camus and Sartre (he continued to respect Nausea) — igjugarjuk
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.