logocentric
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logocentric — centered on reason, 1931, from LOGO (Cf. logo ) + CENTRIC (Cf. centric) … Etymology dictionary
logocentric — adjective see logocentrism … New Collegiate Dictionary
logocentric — adjective Of or pertaining to logocentrism … Wiktionary
logocentric — adj. pertaining to the idea that words have an inherent relation to the object they represent, having a determinate meaning … English contemporary dictionary
logocentric — adjective regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality. Derivatives logocentrism noun Origin 1930s: from Gk logos word, reason + centric … English new terms dictionary
logocentric — adjective see logocentrism … Useful english dictionary
Deconstruction and Derrida — Simon Critchley and Timothy Mooney DERRIDIAN DECONSTRUCTION1 In the last twenty five years or so, particularly in the English speaking world, no philosopher has attracted more notoriety, controversy and misunderstanding than Jacques Derrida.… … History of philosophy
Inscape — is a concept derived by Gerard Manley Hopkins from the ideas of the medieval philosopher Duns Scotus. The term itself means the unique, distinctive, and inherent quality of a thing. Hopkins believed that everything in the world was characterized… … Wikipedia
Trace (deconstruction) — Trace is one of the most important concepts in Derridian Deconstruction. In the 1960s, Derrida used this word in two of his early books, namely “Writing and Difference” and “Of Grammatology”. The English word “trace” was first used by Gayatri… … Wikipedia
deconstruction — deconstructionist, adj., n. deconstructive, adj. /dee keuhn struk sheuhn/, n. a philosophical and critical movement, starting in the 1960s and esp. applied to the study of literature, that questions all traditional assumptions about the ability… … Universalium
