Deconstruction, correct or not correct?
Dec 17, 2017 21:43:38 GMT
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Post by philosopher1000 on Dec 17, 2017 21:43:38 GMT
Derrida's deconstruction is both a method of reading texts and a way of criticizing intellectual systems. It seeks to tease out internal problems that reveal hidden contradictions and alternative meanings. Also, it is a technique for 'destabilizing' traditional binary oppositions.
Derrida's critique of philosophy is that it has been too logocentric in its stress on logic, rationality, and the ability of reason to penetrate truths that exist independently of human thought and language. Furthermore, Western Philosophy is dominated by a 'metaphysics of presence' -- but reality is best understood in terms of difference, elusiveness, and deferment of meaning.
Was Jacques Derrida correct with this assessment?
Derrida's critique of philosophy is that it has been too logocentric in its stress on logic, rationality, and the ability of reason to penetrate truths that exist independently of human thought and language. Furthermore, Western Philosophy is dominated by a 'metaphysics of presence' -- but reality is best understood in terms of difference, elusiveness, and deferment of meaning.
Was Jacques Derrida correct with this assessment?
