Heidegger’s grave in Meßkirch (wiki) Derrida lecturing at EHESS, 1990s (wiki) Foreword: Of course, most people live their lives “as though” the next moment won’t be denied, though it could be.  Every time I reach for my glass or leave for work I’m doing so “as though” the activity will be completed, as though the … Landing Page for Posts on Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida on the Philosophy of Death

SEE THIS CURRENT BLOG SERIES LANDING PAGE ON DERRIDA’S AND HEIDEGGER’S PHILOSOPHY OF DEATH: Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger on The Philosophy of Death Last time I noted the deep presence of Anxiety in Christianity that seems to inform Heidegger’s interpretation of the human condition in Being and Time, specifically Heidegger’s own self-understanding which would put … (Derridean Heidegger 2/2) Philosophy and Christianity as the Religion of Anxiety

SEE THIS CURRENT BLOG SERIES LANDING PAGE ON DERRIDA’S AND HEIDEGGER’S PHILOSOPHY OF DEATH: Jacques Derrida and Martin Heidegger on The Philosophy of Death Once that affect of conclusion (conviction or belief) is suspended, “it is surely possible,” says Freud, “to throw oneself [to give oneself up to—it is a strong phrase: sich hingeben] into … A Derridean Interpretation of Christian/Stoic Being-Toward Death in Heidegger’s Being and Time:

We had another great session of the Being and Time/Derrida discussion group today, especially thanks to our great discussion organizer.  What stood out to me: We asked what Heidegger is doing with the question of Being, since this isn’t immediately obvious.  If Hegel is right and Being is just the most general concept, then it isn’t clear … Today’s Meeting on Being and Time and Derrida

Excited to be attending the next meeting on Heidegger and Derrida tomorrow.  We will be looking at Derrida’s introduction to his translation of Husserl’s geometry book. That makes me think of when Heidegger says “in Leibniz’s sense, a ratio sufficiens, a sufficient reason, isn’t at all a ground capable of supporting a being so that it … Heidegger/Derrida Book Club Meeting Tomorrow

“Out of life’s school of war—what does not kill me makes me stronger (Nietzsche’s1888 book Twilight of the Idols.)” There is an entirely new type of causality here whereby the effect correlates with the cause but is not the result of it.  We might suppose a set of triplets in an abusive home: One grows … Concluding Post on Derrida’s Life Death Seminar

I’m picking up from the same lecture course I was looking at from Derrida on concepts and metaphors, this time beginning a series on Life. If DNA is information like a text that is transmitted and deciphered without being “understood” as we typically talk about texts and meanings constructed hermeneutically, then is Derrida right that … (Part 1) Derrida and Jacob on Life and Writing

δῆλον γὰρ ὡς ὑμεῖς μὲν ταῦτα [τί ποτε βούλεσθε σημαίνειν ὁπόταν ὂν φθέγγησθε] πάλαι γιγνώσκετε, ἡμεῖς δὲ πρὸ τοῦ μὲν ᾠόμεθα, νῦν δ’ ἠπορήκαμεν … This is translated as: “For manifestly you have long been aware of what you mean when you use the expression ‘being’. We, however, who used to think we understood it, … CONCLUSION: ONLY A GOD …

I previously covered the first 3 lectures of Derrida’s Life/Death seminar focusing on what Derrida calls the Metaphoricity of the Metaphor and the Conceptuality of the Concept. That served as a good beginning and now I’d like to move on with an introduction to his fourth lecture. Nietzsche has a passage about “to schematize” and … (Part 1) Derrida and The Logic of the Supplement The Supplement of the Other, of Death, of Meaning, of Life