Speech, Writing, and Play in Gadamer and Derrida

I revisit the Derrida-Gadamer debate in order to analyze more closely the problem of the foundation of reason and of interpretation. I explore the theme of play as a metaphor of non-foundation in both philosophers and analyze how both extract this quality from their readings of Plato’s Phaedrus. Doe...

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Main Author: Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cosmos and History Publishing Co-op. 2013-07-01
Series:Cosmos and History : the Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy
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Online Access:http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/286/535