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Book SynopsisThis volume comprises the complete proceedings of the 1999 Ratio Conference at which Derrida made significant contributions on various topics, including the relation of his work to analytical philosophy, the logic of argument, truth ineffability, meaning, animal life, and the appeal to the ordinary in the work of Wittgenstein and J.L. Austin.
Table of Contents1. Preface: Simon Glendinning (University of Reading).
2. Inheriting 'Philosophy': The Case of Austin and Derrida Revisited: Simon Glendinning (University of Reading).
3. For the Sake of Argument (Up to a Point): Geoffrey Bennington (University of Sussex).
4. Response to Bennington: Jacques Derrida (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales).
5. Arguing with Derrida: A.W.Moore (St Hugh's, Oxford University).
6. Response to Moore: Jacques Derrida (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales).
7. Death and Meaning - Some Questions for Derrida: Thomas Baldwin (University of York).
8. Response to Baldwin: Jacques Derrida (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales).
9. Wittgenstein and Deconstruction: Stephen Mulhall (New College, Oxford University).
10. Response to Mulhall: Jacques Derrida (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales).
11. The Reading Affair: On Why Philosophy is not 'Philosophical' Through and Through: Darren Sheppard (Staffordshire University).
Notes on Contributors.
Index
