Metaphysics of presence
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| - | [[Derrida]]'s points made about the impossibility of a [[metaphysics of presence|pure presence]] of the Other (the Other could be other than this pure [[alterity]] first encountered), and so issues of language and representation arose. This "re-write" was accomplished in part with Levinas' analysis of the distinction between "[[the saying and the said]]" but still maintaining a priority of ethics over metaphysics. | + | The concept of the '''metaphysics of presence''' is an important consideration within the area of [[deconstruction]]. The deconstructive interpretation holds that the entire [[history of philosophy|history]] of Western [[philosophy]] and its language and traditions has emphasized the desire for [[immediate]] access to meaning, and thus built a [[metaphysics]] or [[ontotheology]] around the privileging of presence over absence. |
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| + | Deconstructive thinkers, like [[Derrida]], describe their task as the questioning or ''deconstruction'' of this metaphysical tendency in philosophy. This argument is largely based on the earlier work of [[Martin Heidegger]], who in ''[[Being and Time]]'' claimed the parasitic nature of the theoretical attitude of pure presence upon a more originary involvement with the world in concepts such as the [[ready-to-hand]] and [[being-with]]. [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] is a more distant, but clear, influence as well. | ||
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| + | The presence to which Heidegger refers is both a presence as in a "now" and also a presence as in an eternal, always present, as one might associate with God or the "eternal" of [[Physical law|laws of science]]. In undermining such a [[hypostatized]] belief in presence, novel [[phenomenological]] ideas, such that presence itself not subsisting, but coming about, in a [[present-at-hand|primordial sense]], through the action of our futural projection, our realization of finitude and the reception or rejection of the traditions of our time. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Jacques Derrida]] | ||
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The concept of the metaphysics of presence is an important consideration within the area of deconstruction. The deconstructive interpretation holds that the entire history of Western philosophy and its language and traditions has emphasized the desire for immediate access to meaning, and thus built a metaphysics or ontotheology around the privileging of presence over absence.
Deconstructive thinkers, like Derrida, describe their task as the questioning or deconstruction of this metaphysical tendency in philosophy. This argument is largely based on the earlier work of Martin Heidegger, who in Being and Time claimed the parasitic nature of the theoretical attitude of pure presence upon a more originary involvement with the world in concepts such as the ready-to-hand and being-with. Friedrich Nietzsche is a more distant, but clear, influence as well.
The presence to which Heidegger refers is both a presence as in a "now" and also a presence as in an eternal, always present, as one might associate with God or the "eternal" of laws of science. In undermining such a hypostatized belief in presence, novel phenomenological ideas, such that presence itself not subsisting, but coming about, in a primordial sense, through the action of our futural projection, our realization of finitude and the reception or rejection of the traditions of our time.
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