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Book SynopsisThese twelve essays treat the thought of "deconstructive" philosophers from the perspective of analytic philosophy and relate the works of such thinkers as Davidson, Quine, and Wittgenstein to the writings of Derrida and de Man.
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The ComparatistTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Indeterminacy of French interpretation: Derrida and Davidson; 2. The extension of deconstruction; 3. Truth conditions, rhetoric, and logical form: Davidson and deconstruction; 4. Davidson, Derrida, and Knapp and Michaels on intentions in interpretation; 5. Metaphor according to Davidson and de Man; 6. True figures: metaphor and the Sorites; 7. A Rabbinic philosophy of language; 8. Deconstruction, Cleanth Brooks, and self-reference; 9. A deconstructive Wittgenstein: on Henry Staten's Wittgenstein and Derrida; 10. Wittgenstein as conservative deconstructor; 11. Deconstructed distinctions are OK; 12. Derrida's difference and Plate's different; Notes; Index.
