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1 " The means are a technology of the sign, the “technical mastery” of the sign (65). "
― Jacques Derrida , Speech and Phenomena and Other Essays on Husserl's Theory of Signs
2 " Husserl’s philosophy belongs to “the philosophy” (44), it belongs to what Derrida calls “the metaphysics of presence” (22). The phrase “the metaphysics of presence” has been the locus of much controversy insofar as it seems to homogenize the history of Western philosophy. "
3 " Western philosophy exhibits schemas such as the substance-attributes relation, where substance is the present being which the attributes modify; "
4 " Derrida is especially interested in the schema of derivation (44). "
5 " as if perception and thought were independent of the sign, "
6 " how to justify . . . the decision which subordinates a reflection on the sign to a logic? "
7 " it is based on the foundation, as in Descartes, of the “I am,” the foundation of subjectivity and consciousness "
8 " we seem to know who we are, "
9 " we seem to be present to ourselves, "
10 " we seem to be present, we desire the same, "
11 " presence and self-presence (89). "
12 " this desire, "
13 " Limiting the potencies of repetition to presence "
14 " to what Derrida, following Husserl, calls “the relation to the object” [84]), "
15 " Metaphysics is a closed system; "
16 " five traits: decision, desire, will, closure, and security. "