grgr: overcoming of metaphysics

Muchasmasgracias at cs.com 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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