Searle’s philosophy defines its normative interior by excluding whatever it deems outside

Evidence

Searle’s theory of disciplinary philosophical practice is to take everything “inside the circle” as self-evident and everything “outside” as irrelevant; a clear case of the exclusion of the other as such so that a normative interior can be defined. — Donna Landry and Gerald MacLean, The Spivak Reader, 819

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘inside the circle / outside as irrelevant’ structure is the very ethico-political exclusion Spivak names in the chapter’s opening lines — links to Foucault’s analyses of how disciplines police their borders. Could connect to the reader’s study of exclusion constitutive of identity. — connects to: The excluded outside is an integral part of modern order — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 516

Broader Connections

• The excluded outside is an integral part of modern order #expands (0.80) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 516