Abstract

The paper addresses the problem of the place of deconstruction in the history of transcen-dental philosophy. J. Derrida’s project is considered as one of the most representative and con-sistent realizations of theoretical foundations of transcendentalism along with prominent con-ceptions such as Kant’s critique and Husserl’s phenomenology. The author suggests a number of attributes of transcendental thinking that allow historical reconstruction of the transcenden-tal paradigm. Derridian approach is considered as a turn towards this tradition, conceived as a transcendental tradition par exellence, guided by the attitude of «turning». Historical legacy of deconstructive «turning» is analyzed with respect to Husserlian Rückfrage: return-inquiry as method, idea and attitude, reproducing in deconstructive strategy of interpretative critique. A concept of hyperbolic transcendentalism is introduced in order to define a deconstructive version of transcendental philosophy and indicate an immanent tendency in the transcen-dental thought, constitutive for both Kantian critical project and Husserlian strive towards in-tellectual radicalism extending from methodological hyperboles to radicalization of «transcendental motive». The author relies upon the concept of quasi-transcendental, which defines a mode of de-dogmatization, critical purifying and preservation of proper transcendental foundations of philosophical think-ing.