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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Peter Singer on Consequentialism
Cecile Fabre on the Ethics of Spying
Ro Khanna on Digital Dignity
Benjamin Lipscomb on 4 Women Philosophers
Paul Bloom on Psychological Hedonism,
Myisha Cherry on Rage
Agnes Callard on Complaint
Arash Abizadeh on Thomas Hobbes' Ethics
Steven Nadler on Spinoza on Free Speech
Suki Finn on the Metaphysics of Nothing
David Bather Woods on Schopenhauer on Compassion
Samantha Rose Hill on Hannah Arendt on Pluralism
David Edmonds on Undercover Robot
Steven Nadler on Spinoza on Death
Kate Manne on Misogyny and Male Entitlement
Liam Bright on Verificationism
David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker
Nigel Warburton on A Little History of Philosophy
Cheryl Misak on Frank Ramsey and Ludwig Wittgenstein
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