Monthly Archives for October 2012
Searle – Derrida Debate
There was no shortage of entertainment in reading the back and forth between Searle and Derrida. Although the debate started with Derrida’s critique of Austin’s work regarding the notion of communication, it quickly turned into a battle between Derrida and … Continue reading Continue reading
“I divorce you” three times!
In How to do things with words, Austin introduces several concepts to explain his view on how utterances that he names performatives affect actions in the world. His primary belief is that sentences with truth-values (meaning they can be true … Continue reading Continue reading
Impressions on “How To Do Things With Words” by Austin
In How To Do Things With Words, Austin discusses a special category of utterances – written or spoken – that he calls performatives. A performative utterance is performed in the active voice of the first person of the present indicative. … Continue reading → Continue reading
Impressions on “In the Penal Colony” by Kafka
While reading In the Penal Colony by Kafka, I had the pressing feeling that everything in the story had a meaning, symbolised a reality or concept of higher order. At the point of reading the story, I thought Kafka was … Continue reading → Continue reading
Kafka: The Penal Colony
This is the first time I have read this story; I think its aim is to examine our own justice system. In the story The Traveler starts his journey of examining the machine and the process of execution with a … Continue reading Continue reading
Kafka: The Penal Colony
This is the first time I have read this story; I think its aim is to examine our own justice system. In the story The Traveler starts his journey of examining the machine and the process of execution with a … Continue reading Continue reading
Kafka. Justice, law and dialogue.
It is impossible to read this text and to not remember about The trial of the same author. It seems to be that both stories were written in the same period of time. However, in this story, the main issue … Continue reading Continue reading
Kafka. Justice, law and dialogue.
It is impossible to read this text and to not remember about The trial of the same author. It seems to be that both stories were written in the same period of time. However, in this story, the main issue … Continue reading Continue reading
Me rausem ass belong him!
A gardener in Papua New Guinea would say this meaning he had pulled a plant’s roots out of the ground. It is German and English mixed with Malay syntax and appropriate here because I am going to focus on the … Continue reading Continue reading
Me rausem ass belong him!
A gardener in Papua New Guinea would say this meaning he had pulled a plant’s roots out of the ground. It is German and English mixed with Malay syntax and appropriate here because I am going to focus on the … Continue reading Continue reading
