The Deconstruction of the Notion of Simplicity in Contemporary French Philosophy KU Leuven
The purpose of the research is to show the centrality of the notion of simplicity for the establishment of classical ontology, and how this notion has consequently been deconstructed in the post-war French Philosophy in an attempt to radically criticize the essential epistemic assumptions of inherited philosophy. This will be done emblematically with reference to the writings of Aristotle and Derrida, and the thesis will be therefore divided ...