David Potts on Derrida's "Of Grammatology"
The following is a summary of Derrida’s thought as presented in Part I, Chapter 1, of his book Of Grammatology. This book is apparently the
Feb 28, 2011
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The following is a summary of Derrida’s thought as presented in Part I, Chapter 1, of his book Of Grammatology. This book is apparently the
Will Thomas’s review essay captures much of the essence of this very difficult Derrida piece. I especially appreciated his comments on decon
I was quite impressed with David L. Potts’s review of Foucault, as I was impressed with the criticisms he raised against my own discussion..
The first impulse a reader is likely to have upon starting to read chapter 10 is to close the book in dismay and disgust. The sentences appe
In his outstanding review essay , Roger Donway makes several references to things’ identities being “artificial.” By this he seems to mean
This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 1999 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " The Continental Origins of Postmodernism ."
As I understand it, Foucault is one of the widely recognized creators of Postmodernism. He was influenced by Hegel and Nietzsche, and he
To properly interpret [Michel] Foucault’s statements in The History of Sexuality: An Introduction ("HSI," Vintage Books, 1990; first publish
This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 1999 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " The Continental Origins of Postmodernism ."
I want to lay out what I understand to be the basic structure of the argument, along the way dealing with some misunderstandings to which
Bryan suggested that we might find his reading of “What Is Metaphysics?” too Sartrean; I confess I did find it so. I was particularly
Contrary to logical positivism, the cognitive meaning of a statement is not equal to its means of verification. Instead, the meaning of a...
Humanism is the doctrine that there is only the real world, that reason is our means of knowledge, and that human well-being in this life is
Ayn Rand criticized both the “liberal” Left and the “conservative” Right poles of American politics. She identified both major political
Peter Schartz was not simply referring to the Libertarian party. See his " On Moral Sanctions ," in which he discusses the question "...
Existentialism is not a very unified school of thought. The main existentialists—Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre—disagree
Ayn Rand was a radical thinker, i.e., one who went to the root of long-standing philosophical problems. She was self-consciously opposed to
Question: I would like to know how Objectivism is different from hedonism, at least as far as morality is concerned. They seem very similar
The big influences on Hamilton were the economists he read and also the philosophers of natural law and English constitutional law....
To my knowledge, Ayn Rand came somewhat independently to her own views. She may have imbibed Paine second-hand through such Old-Right