In "Toward an Ethic of Discussion," Jacques Derrida returns to the controversy with Jonathan Searle to clarify his position but above all because he "would have wished to make legible the (philosophical, ethical, political) axiomatics hidden beneath the code of academic discussion." I intend, in turn, to return to this text in order to find in it not only the conditions of an ethics of academic discussion but also of interpretation in a deconstructive perspective. In "Toward an Ethic of Discussion," in fact, it is possible to point out the necessity of a certain ethical treatment of the texts. In particular, how can we determine the conditions of an ethical use of quotation against the always possible manipulation of the text that quotation makes possible? I attempt to answer this question claiming that the reading protocol of deconstruction meets these conditions showing us at the same time the ethical conditions of scientific discourse in general, beyond any scientific claim of objectivity.

Quoting the Other: toward a “minor” ethic of reading

Vitale F.
2024-01-01

Abstract

In "Toward an Ethic of Discussion," Jacques Derrida returns to the controversy with Jonathan Searle to clarify his position but above all because he "would have wished to make legible the (philosophical, ethical, political) axiomatics hidden beneath the code of academic discussion." I intend, in turn, to return to this text in order to find in it not only the conditions of an ethics of academic discussion but also of interpretation in a deconstructive perspective. In "Toward an Ethic of Discussion," in fact, it is possible to point out the necessity of a certain ethical treatment of the texts. In particular, how can we determine the conditions of an ethical use of quotation against the always possible manipulation of the text that quotation makes possible? I attempt to answer this question claiming that the reading protocol of deconstruction meets these conditions showing us at the same time the ethical conditions of scientific discourse in general, beyond any scientific claim of objectivity.
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