On my view at least, Derrida’s project contributes to a refoundation of philosophy, because it shows that the traditional views on foundation in philosophy are not only exhausted, but rest on illusory grounds. The rejection of foundationalism in philosophy would have to be equated with the impossibility of any future philosophy at large if there were no other alternative than the traditional conception of reason and language, on which all Western thought has rested since Plato. Deconstruction would be purely nihilistic – and negative – if it could not lead to an alternative way of thinking.
deconstruction, questioning, problematicity, problematology, propositionalism
