How to do philosophy with words : reflections on the Searle-Derrida debate / Jesús Navarro, Universidad de Sevilla.
Nowadays philosophy is characterized by such heterogeneous intellectual practices that its very unity and coherence seem endangered. What is especially disconcerting is that most authors manage to largely ignore the very existence of methodological positions radically different from their own. Fortu...
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| Other title: | Cómo hacer filosofía con palabras. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Spanish |
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Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2017.
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| Series: | Controversies ;
v. 12. |
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| Summary: | Nowadays philosophy is characterized by such heterogeneous intellectual practices that its very unity and coherence seem endangered. What is especially disconcerting is that most authors manage to largely ignore the very existence of methodological positions radically different from their own. Fortunately, there have been exceptions, and the present volume focuses on one of them: the failed debate that took place between John Searle and Jacques Derrida. This book thoroughly analyses that exchange, contextualizing it within the respective philosophical traditions of the two thinkers, with the general aim of turning their dispute into what it was not: a respectful, sensible and fruitful controversy. This episode is thus taken as an opportunity to reflect on the peculiar nature of philosophy as an intellectual practice, and to discuss some of its main themes: language as an instrument for communication, the intentionality of consciousness, and difference as a constitutive element of every text. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027266040 9027266042 |
| ISSN: | 1574-1583 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |