The interplay that occurs during the process of endless deferment in conventional [[linguistics]], while trying to track down the inner meaning of a given term, is referred to by deconstructionists as the [[hymen]], in reference to the anatomical structure. The reference is an allusion to the fact that the structure is both inside and outside of the body at the same time, an apparent paradox and a contradiction of the Law of Identity proposed classically by [[Aristotle]] and held as an essential tenet of [[logical positivism]] within linguistics. This paradox has been most notably explored by author and philosopher [[Robert Pirsig]] in his works ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'' and ''[[Lila]]''. | The interplay that occurs during the process of endless deferment in conventional [[linguistics]], while trying to track down the inner meaning of a given term, is referred to by deconstructionists as the [[hymen]], in reference to the anatomical structure. The reference is an allusion to the fact that the structure is both inside and outside of the body at the same time, an apparent paradox and a contradiction of the Law of Identity proposed classically by [[Aristotle]] and held as an essential tenet of [[logical positivism]] within linguistics. This paradox has been most notably explored by author and philosopher [[Robert Pirsig]] in his works ''[[Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance]]'' and ''[[Lila]]''. |