I begin with the hypothesis that Jacques Derrida's Meinoirs of the Blind: The Sel-Porlrait and Other Ruins is in a way the illustration of Speech and Phenomena and therefore Derrida's critique of phenomenology, intuition, perception, and seeing. I also want to show in this regard parallels with both Husserl and Kant. I emphasize that what is at issue in Memoirs of the Blind is art, visual arts; and in the great thematic richness of this text, I note the high points as well as the low points concerning the arts of the "visible." The fundamental question is: Does Derrida "see" the drawing, the painting, and indeed listen to the music?
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San Diego State Univ, Dept Philosophy, San Diego, CA 92182 USA
San Diego State Univ, MALAS, San Diego, CA 92182 USASan Diego State Univ, Dept Philosophy, San Diego, CA 92182 USA