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I keep coming back to the example / exemplar of houseness and threefold appearing “as” (mansion as houseness incarnate, houseness being merely present in the average house, and deficient in the dilapidated shack). Moreover, there is the twofold deconstructive reversal where the mansion may appear gawdy to the next person, or the shack quaint/rustic. But ... (Part 5) My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German”

(Part 5) My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German” | The Secular Frontier (Part 5) My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German” John MacDonald | May 20, 2026 I keep coming back to the example / exemplar of houseness and threefold appearing “as” (mansion as houseness incarnate, houseness being merely present in the average house, an...

We’ve been thinking with Derrida about examples and exemplars, where traditionally the exemplar is the really real (e.g., true friend), while the example is deficient in relation to it (just a friend). Thought holistically, the missing third term here is a “bad friend.” The error that Derrida notes is our tendency to see the exemplar/example ... (Part 3) Threes and My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German”

(Part 3) Threes and My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German” | The Secular Frontier (Part 3) Threes and My thoughts on Derrida’s “Interpretations at War Kant, the Jew, the German” John MacDonald | May 18, 2026 We’ve been thinking with Derrida about examples and exemplars, where traditionally the exemplar is the really real (e.g., true friend), while the example is deficient...

Added the one hundred third The Freethinker Podcast YouTube Interview with Richard Carrier on Original Sin & Free Will to The Freethinker Podcast page under Resources on the Secular Web. Join host Edouard Tahmizian for three-quarters of an hour in his follow-up interview with Richard Carrier on the metaphysical impossibility of libertarian free will. Jesus, […]

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