Anti- postmodernism, cont.

[jolly]

>There's an assumption that any view that depends on reason or
>clarity or even the lowest degree of deductive or inductive
>necessity is itself tainted. Yet there is no necessity to any
>poststructural "arguments" or themes either.
>

"You are contradicting yourself.
May I remind you, there are many ways to skin a cat."
 
The irony of ironies:  that po-mo, Derridean types who base their entire approach on various anti-rationalist and anti-logical positions would be audacious enough to start pointing out presumed contradictions in anyone's points. What is a contradiction is holding to a  system critical  of logic and reason, but then at some point using logical terms (incorrectly, of course)  against those challenged your irrational views in the first place.  As many have noted, it would seem the Derridean can never really make any definitive assessment, either from the "grounds" ( a center perhaps?) of induction, deduction, or aesthetics.  Wouldn't that be to assert that some such thing as "truth", and maybe, a universal, exists.? At least for a short time until the joissance, like some decent china white, kicked back in.... 
 
Another thing: Derrida is not taken seriously by anyone except literary types, mostly tenured ones.  It appears that he' s pretty much reviled by philosophers, scientists, and cognitive science people (remember the wickedly funny Sokal hoax?).  Also, see Changeux's debate with the clown Ricoeur to see how pathetic modern "philosophy " seems when confronted with modern cognitive science and neurology.  
 
The Pointsman may not be loved, but he is respected, if I recall that passage correctly.
 
And, yes it is sort of pointless discussing any thing with the Po-Mo fundamentalists, vraiment....once they start to thumping Scripture (e..g "Of Grammatology") all that is left of rationality goes out the window ...

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