Jacques Derrida was a controversial philosopher whose writing could be fiendishly difficult to read. Nevertheless he had many followers. Here Pete Salmon, author of a recent biography of Derrida, manages to give a clear account of what Derrida meant by deconstruction.
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Tony Coady on Dirty Hands in Politics
John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle
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Luciano Floridi on the Fourth Revolution
Paul Snowdon on Persons and Animals
Michael Sandel on What Shouldn't Be Sold
Allen Buchanan on Enhancement
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