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Pill Pod 121 - Obscurantism in French Philosophy: Searle on Foucault & Derrida

PlasticPills - Philosophy & Critical Theory Podcast

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The Importance of Clarity in Philosophy

Derrida: Surreal tipped over a chair because he was so mad at Derrida. He said, you know, Foucault's good, Derrida sucks. And he seems to think Bordeaux is okay too. Like the 10%. A little Bordeaux is even worse, apparently. It's 20%. He's got the 20% minimum of obscure. The thinker is heated only for his or her Turgeon Charisma. Noam Chomsky excoriating Berida and Lacan but then the quotation they use from Lacan, maybe it deserves to be excoriated,. Yeah, it kind of does.

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