Title

Definitional Stability Amidst Deconstruction: Reframing Derrida's Legacy

Creator

Latsidis, Chrysovalantis - Angelos

Abstract

This essay critically revisits Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction of structuralism and binary thinking, arguing that he overstates the instability of definitional cores. Through engagement with critics such as Saussure, Searle, and Habermas, the paper proposes a "centers and outskirts" model that reconciles Derrida’s insights on relationality with the pragmatic need for stable meaning. Additionally, it challenges Derrida’s framing of aporias, like forgiveness, as unsolvable paradoxes by exposing their reliance on extreme abstraction rather than lived experience. Ultimately, the essay seeks a more nuanced synthesis of play, stability, and the conditions of meaning necessary for coherent moral and linguistic life.

Keywords

deconstruction

stability

definitional core

Subject

Philisophy

Date Available

May 22, 2025

Type

Poster

Course

PH 4032 POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY FOUCAULT AND DERRIDA

Instructor

Petridis, Raymond

Session

Poster Session

Location

Deree Corridor

Event

Year 2025 | 9th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium