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Jacques Derrida for Beginners
And a critique of phallocentrism: Jacques Derrida: [Differance ] governs nothing, reigns over nothing, and nowhere exercises any authority. It is not announced by any capital letter. Not only is there no kingdom of differance, but differance instigates the subversion of every … Continue reading
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Tagged change, deconstruction, differance, Freud, jacques derrida, life, phallic symbols, postmodernism, the death of the king, the kingdom of god, viagra
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Reductionism Not? Mathematical Biologist Stuart Kauffman on “breaking the Galilean spell”
My favorite line in the gnostic Gospel of Thomas goes like this: If matter emerged from mind, it is a wonder. But if mind emerged from matter, it is a greater wonder. In the recent dead tree edition of Free Inquiry (Dec. 2009/Jan. 2010) is a … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, biology, determinism, free will, God, mind, philosophy, reductionism, religion, science, stuart kauffman
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