Browsing by Subject "Time"
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Derrida, the conditional and the unconditional
(Juta Law, 2007)In his recent book, Law and Sacrifice: Towards a Post-Apartheid Theory of Law, Johan van der Walt gives a clear exposition of the possible impact of inter alia Jacques Derrida's thinking on law. In this article, the book ... -
The Gift and the meaning-giving subject: A Reading of Given Time
(Springer, 2010)In this essay the relation between justice and the gift in Derrida’s thinking is explored. The essay shows that an understanding of the ontological difference or the relation between Being and beings in Heidegger’s thinking ... -
Optimization of the observing cadence for the Rubin observatory legacy survey of space and time: A pioneering process of community-focused experimental design
(IOP Publishing, 2022)Vera C. Rubin Observatory is a ground-based astronomical facility under construction, a joint project of the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy, designed to conduct a multipurpose 10 yr ... -
Rethinking the notion of a 'higher law': Heidegger and Derrida on the Anaximander fragment
(Springer, 2009)The Anaximander fragment, in the readings of both Heidegger and Derrida, speaks of that which exceeds positive law. In this article, the author provides a detailed reading of Heidegger’s Der Spruch des Anaximander, showing ... -
Thought experiments and personal identity in Africa
(Cambridge University Press, 2021)African perspectives on personhood and personal identity and their relation to those of the West have become far more central in mainstream Western discussion than they once were. Not only are African traditional views with ...