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2The Understanding of Difference in Heidegger and DerridaPeter Lang. 1992.This study examines the complex relationship between Martin Heidegger's concept of Difference and Jacques Derrida's neologism "Differance" in light of the problem of Being. Set in a theological context, it argues that Derrida's reflections call into question Heidegger's account of Difference, thus problematizing the "Seinsfrage" and forestalling any theological appropriation of Being. Further, it argues that Derrida's discourse on "Differance" is itself paradoxical, indicating its status is logi…Read more
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The Understanding of Difference in Heidegger and DerridaDissertation, University of Oregon. 1990.In this study, I offer an account of the relationship between Heidegger's notion of difference and Derrida's notion of differance in light of the question of Being. I argue that, while Derrida's account of differance calls into question Heidegger's characterization of difference as that which allows for presence, this same account calls itself into question as well, that is, in the manner of the liar paradox--if it is true, it is false--which is just to say it is undecidable in the Derridian sen…Read more
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14The Theory of Difference: Readings in Contemporary Continental Thought (edited book)State University of New York Press. 2001.Key readings by Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze, Derrida and Irigaray
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14Basic Questions of Philosophy (review)International Studies in Philosophy 29 (4): 119-120. 1997.
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