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Single Idea 21882

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction ]

Full Idea

Sentences are implicitly contradictory, because they can be used differently in different contexts (most obviously in 'I am ill').

Gist of Idea

Sentences are contradictory, as they have opposite meanings in some contexts

Source

Jacques Derrida (works [1990]), quoted by Barry Stocker - Derrida on Deconstruction

Book Ref

Stocker,Barry: 'Derrida on Deconstruction' [Routledge 2006], p.68