How to do philosophy with words : reflections on the Searle-Derrida debate / Jesús Navarro, Universidad de Sevilla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Navarro Reyes, Jesús, author.

Series:

Controversies ; 12.

Controversies, 1574-1583 ; 12

Standardized Title:

Cómo hacer filosofía con palabras. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Searle, John R.

Derrida, Jacques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 pages).

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2017]

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.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Austin

Chapter 2. Searle

Chapter 3. Derrida

Chapter 4. Deconstructing Austin

Chapter 5. The indignation of the rightful heir

Chapter 6. Deconstructing S.A.R.L.

Chapter 7. A flawed debate

Chapter 8. When philosophizing is doing

Conclusion

References

Author index

Subject index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.