Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher celebrated for developing deconstruction, a method for analyzing texts. Deconstruction challenges the idea of fixed or binary meanings by showing how language and structure contain inherent ambiguities and contradictions. Derrida argued that every text is open to multiple interpretations, undermining traditional notions of objective, singular truth. His approach encourages a critical examination of established concepts, revealing how language shapes—and sometimes distorts—our understanding of reality.