Deconstruction as Analytic PhilosophyStanford University Press, 2000 - 294 pages In this collection of essays Samuel Wheeler discusses Derrida and other deconstructive thinkers from the perspective of an analytic philosopher willing to treat deconstruction as philosophy, taking it seriously enough to look for and analyze its arguments. The essays focus on the theory of meaning, truth, interpretation, metaphor, and the relationship of language to the world. Wheeler links the thought of Derrida to that of Davidson and argues for close affinities among Derrida, Quine, de Man, and Wittgenstein. He also demonstrates the propinquity of Plato and Derrida and shows that New Criticism shares deconstruction s conception of language. Of the twelve essays in the collection, four are published here for the first time. The fundamental resemblance between Derrida and such analytic thinkers as Quine, Wittgenstein, and Davidson, the author argues, is that they deny the possibility of meanings as self-interpreting media constituting thoughts and intentions. Derrida argues that some form of magic language has determined the very project of philosophy, and his arguments work out the consequences of denying that there are such self-interpreting mental contents. In addition, Derrida and Davidson agree in denying any given. Without a given, questions about realism and idealism cease to have a point. Derrida and Davidson are both committed to the textuality of all significant marks, whether in neurons or on paper. They argue that there is no mode of representation more direct than language. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 87
Page 5
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 6
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 7
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 8
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Page 9
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Sorry, this page's content is restricted.
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Extension of Deconstruction | 48 |
Davidson Derrida and Knapp and Michaels | 73 |
Metaphor According to Davidson and de | 88 |
Metaphor and the Sorites | 116 |
A Rabbinic Philosophy of Language | 137 |
Deconstruction Cleanth Brooks and SelfReference | 147 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
analytic philosophy apply argue argument Aristotle beliefs causal coherence concepts Conceptual Scheme connections consequences constructed culture Davidson and Derrida Davidsonian deconstruction deny determined dichotomy discourse discussion distinction dogmas of empiricism entities essay essence essentially exist expression fact Forms Fred loves Susan frog given guage Husserl idea incoherent indeterminacy indeterminacy of translation instance intentions interpretation iterability kind Knapp and Michaels language of thought languagelike Limited Inc linguistic literal literary logical logoi magic language mathematical meaning metaphor metaphysical natural languages necessity notion objects Oral Torah paradoxes Parmenides philosophical Plato poem possible predicate present presupposes principle properties pure question Quine Quine's Quinean Rabbis reference relation requires rhetorical force rules self-reference self-referential semantic sense sentences sorites paradoxes speech acts Staten supposed theory things tion token Torah translation true truth conditions truth-definition truth-values utterance W. V. O. Quine Wittgenstein words