VIC163H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9/19 Article: Deconstruction, Aporia, Tl;Dr
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Self-proximity = absolute reduction of space in general but also reduction of time to the present moment/the now. Speech is what constitutes consciousness & what constitutes the subject as presence. Continuous movement from one signifier to another w/in language. Other reveals spatial and temporal/differing and deferring aspect of language. Absence not exterior to sign, is part of sign, make makes presence/the now possible. Differance opens up the condition of ethical possibility and impossibility. B/c of play of differences, there is w/in the sign reference to other signs (points to something wholly other ) No absolute presence w/in language and culture. No one true reality b/c no transcendental signified that can be accurately & purely represented as absolute truth. Language is constructed of a play of differences. Habermas: a consensus can be reached behind every sentence b/tween speakers on the rationality/value of claims made in the sentence. Validity claims work as unifying/universal foundation for ethical/moral agreement.
