On truth in Lacan and Derrida

Abstract

This paper outlines a statement of the truth issues in Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida, while it puts in the forefront the controversial points between both authors. It doesn’t constitute an exhaustive tracking of the conception of truth in their works; instead of that, it makes a survey of the axes according to which this theme is placed in each one and the variations operated throughout its productions. Deconstruction and psychoanalysis are closer to what these two great authors are willing to admit. The article concludes, then, trying to situate the irreconcilable points of both perspectives, as well as what could constitute a common point in the approach to the problematic of truth.