grgr: overcoming of metaphysics

[Paul Mackin]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 Muchasmasgracias at cs.com wrote:

> 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.
> 

Perhaps I could have said rational thinking, or logical thinking. This
would still include what Derrida does. Would it always include what
Pynchon does? In the creative process the novelist must entertain and
express irrational fears on occasion (along with the rest of us in
ordinary life). But does he (do we) entertain and express them  
logocentrically? Gotta think about that one.

			P.