Originally posted by BowmannHey could have meant "differance" as in the philosophical sense
My god! This one's ancient.
Also, you mispelled the thread title.
Différance is a French homophone used in the context of deconstruction. The French word différer means both "to defer or postpone" and "to differ." In an essay of the same name by Jacques Derrida, différance gestures toward many things. One such thing is the idea that words and signs can never fully summon forth what they mean, but can only be defined or explained using more words.
Originally posted by Dies IraeI was just about to say that myself. Thanks mate,
Hey could have meant "differance" as in the philosophical sense
Différance is a French homophone used in the context of deconstruction. The French word différer means both "to defer or postpone" and "to differ." In an essay of the same name by Jacques Derrida, différance gestures toward many things. One such thing is the idea that words and signs can ne ...[text shortened]... fully summon forth what they mean, but can only be defined or explained using more words.