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First I would like to thank Clarence Joldersma for his review of our Poststructuralism, Philosophy, Pedagogy (Marshall, 2004-PPP). In particular, I would thank him for his opening sentence: “[t]his book is a response to a lack.” It is the notion of a lack, noted again later in his review, which I wish to take up mainly in this response. Rather than defending or elaborating our particular contributions to PPP—the latter would be a great indignity to my colleagues as I would not write over them—I will take the opportunity to develop the theme of a lack, as I believe that Joldersma has raised a very important issue. But first I will respond briefly to some of Joldersma’s general and opening statements about the book, and my philosophical position in particular.
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I have written extensively on Foucault—in explications and use of his ideas. The most comprehensive source is Marshall (1996). A new edition, with quite major revisions, is in preparation.
Though I make no claim to emulate or to share his undoubted acumen.
Cantor’s definition of a set was: “a collection into one whole of definite, distinct objects of our perception or our thought, which are called the elements of the set” (Kneale & Kneale, 1966, p. 439) (my emphasis).
These are some only.
I draw upon Hoy’s (1988) discussion of Foucault and the unthought. Hoy’s distinction is between the modern and the postmodern. I sometimes use the postmodern in this explication of Hoy.
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Marshall, J.D. Lacking lack: a reply to Joldersma. Stud Philos Educ 26, 67–75 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11217-006-9016-0
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