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'works', 'Objections to 'Meditations' (Fifth)' and 'On Referring'
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Madness and instability ('the demonic hyperbole') lurks in all language [Derrida]
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Meanings depend on differences and contrasts [Derrida]
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For Aristotle all proper nouns must have a single sense, which is the purpose of language [Derrida]
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Capacity for repetitions is the hallmark of language [Derrida]
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The sign is only conceivable as a movement between elusive presences [Derrida]
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Writing functions even if the sender or the receiver are absent [Derrida, by Glendinning]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
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The meaning of an expression or sentence is general directions for its use, to refer or to assert [Strawson,P]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 9. Ambiguity
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'Dissemination' is opposed to polysemia, since that is irreducible, because of multiple understandings [Derrida, by Glendinning]
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 10. Denial of Meanings
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Words exist in 'spacing', so meanings are never synchronic except in writing [Derrida]
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