[lbo-talk] Butler on Derrida

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Fri Oct 29 12:37:34 PDT 2004



>From W's perspective, you're asking the wrong question here. It isn't
the role of philosophy to provide "topical commentary". In fact, this assumption that philosophy should offer guidance about issues like the Holocaust is precisely what W. argued against in his work. Asking Wittgenstein to provide topical commentary about social problems is like asking a psychotherapist to provide instructions about how to rebuild a carburetor.

Miles

^^^^^^^

CB: What's philosophy for, according to him ?



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