This volume comprises the complete proceedings of the 1999 Ratio Conference at which Derrida made significant contributions on various topics, including the relation of his work to analytical philosophy, the logic of argument, truth ineffability, meaning, animal life, and the appeal to the ordinary in the work of Wittgenstein and J.L. Austin.
About the Author
Dr. Simon Glendinning is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. He is the author of On Being With Others: Heidegger - Derrida - Wittgenstein (1998) and the General Editor of The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy (1999). He has written articles on perception, aesthetics, animal existence and various metaphilosophical issues. He is currently writing an introduction to twentieth century continental philosophy (2002).
Features
An edited transcript of all contributions and discussion sessions at the 1999 Ratio conference 'Arguing with Derrida'. Derrida's assessment of the relation of his work to analytical philosophy. Derrida' responses to questions on meaning, individuality, animal life, and the appeal to the ordinary in Wittgenstein and Austin.
