grgr: overcoming of metaphysics
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Muchasmasgracias at cs.com
Wed Jun 28 11:21:06 CDT 2000
pmackin at clark.net writes:
<< All thinking seems to be logocentric I'm sure Derrida would agree
including of course his own. I'm probably quibbling about words but the
idea of making an "assault" on something that's built into the language
process, built into human nature, presents the image of a dog barking at
the moon. The thing to make an assault on, if any, is the denial of this
basic flaw in human existence. >>
All thinking is logocentric? Perhaps this will sound lame, but what about
feelings? And what about when feelings and thoughts (another polar tango)
are interwoven?
The word "assault" reminds me of some guy's analogy with the people butting
their heads against the limits of language.
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