On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:41 PM, WJhonson(a)aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 12/17/2008 12:21:31 P.M. Pacific
Standard Time,
snowspinner(a)gmail.com writes:
The only way
to get a decent, NPOV summary of Derrida is to work through hard
sources that require specialist knowledge.>>
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Yes.. and?
The only way to get a decent NPOV summary of Quantum Tunneling or
Group
Theory is also to work through hard sources that require specialist
knowledge.
That's why we have specialists who can do just this.
But as in all things, those specialists must rely on their sources,
not on
their own speculations and postulates.
The issue is that when we deal with quantum tunneling or group theory,
we deal with scientific papers that were not authored by quantum
tunneling or group theory. They are thus secondary sources.
For Derrida, the main source for Derrida's philosophy is Derrida's
writings. Secondary sources exist, but the good ones comment on and
extend Derrida - they do not engage in "Derrida explained" approaches.
But Derrida is a primary source, so no claims requiring specialist
knowledge are allowed.
Which effectively rules out all uses of Derrida in the Derrida article.
-Phil