JACQUES DERRIDA’DA MEVCUDİYET METAFİZİĞİ VE FARK ÜZERİNE
ON THE METAPHYSICS OF PRESENCE AND DIFFERENCE IN JACQUES DERRIDA

Summary/Abstract: As one of the leading figures in continental philosophy, Jacques Derrida has left a profound mark on the history of thought. This influence stems from his adoption of a critical approach to philosophy. According to Derrida, Western philosophy has been built upon a metaphysics of presence since Plato. This understanding has gained continuity through the central positioning of being. Therefore, it appears necessary to deconstruct the conception of being that forms the foundation of Western thought. In this context, Derrida has developed a new mode of thinking based on the concept of différance as an alternative to the metaphysics of being. Différance encompasses both the meanings of “not-the-same” and “deferral.” On a plane where difference exists, the existence of being grounded in a fixed center is impossible. Yet Western philosophy has interpreted thought through a structure determined by a fixed center. This situation has led every structure to necessarily incorporate a pre-assumed notion of being and a central concept. According to Derrida, this conception of a center simultaneously produces a form of violence. For this violence applied to concepts arises from the elevation of one concept over another through a pre-assumed existence. In this study, Derrida’s critique of presence will be examined, and the conditions for the emergence of difference within the context of différance will be discussed.

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