Thursday, 17 July 2025

 

In Short: Derrida vs Kant on Imagination

ThemeKantDerrida
FunctionSynthetic, mediating, transcendentalExcessive, disruptive, supplementary
RoleConditions of possibility of experienceConditions of impossibility of full presence
Relation to presenceSubordinate to presence and conceptDisplaces presence, introduces absence
SublimeReaffirms moral reasonShows irreducible rupture
Memory & ArchiveMostly internal (transcendental)External, technicized, haunted
StabilityStructured by schemataFractured by trace and différance
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