Thursday, October 14, 2004
Derrida
The French Philosopher Derrida has died. Without speaking ill of him personally his ideas should be seen as a dangerous waste of energy. He is famous, or infamous, for his philosophy of Deconstructionism. More or less Deconstructionism is an excuse to read a book, ignore the author’s intent, and spin it into a left-wing critique of modern society. But it must be spun in a completely unintelligible way, so that any criticism of it can be deflected by the words “You don’t understand my point.”
If this seems harsh, then you haven’t read what his contemporaries thought. In this interview philosopher John R. Searle slaps Deconstructionism and quotes the famous French Philosopher Michel Foucalt calling this method of philosophy a “terrorism of obscurantism.”
There is real value in clear thinking.
If this seems harsh, then you haven’t read what his contemporaries thought. In this interview philosopher John R. Searle slaps Deconstructionism and quotes the famous French Philosopher Michel Foucalt calling this method of philosophy a “terrorism of obscurantism.”
There is real value in clear thinking.
