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trenchant
The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace: Language, Identity, and Resistance

Norris points out that Rorty is less trenchant than Baudrillard

footnote 43. re: Rorty's opposition to the idea of truth

—p.83 The Book, the Broom, and the Ladder: Grounding Philosophy (65) by Clare Hayes-Brady
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sequor ad absurdum

unwilling to allow the sequor ad absurdum approach espoused b Lenore Sr.

on LaVache in Broom

—p.79 The Book, the Broom, and the Ladder: Grounding Philosophy (65) by Clare Hayes-Brady
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antinomy

An antinomy is a problem of language similar to a paradox

on their use in Broom

—p.77 The Book, the Broom, and the Ladder: Grounding Philosophy (65) by Clare Hayes-Brady
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sylvanshine

Claude Sylvanshine in The Pale King, whose surname refers to a dappling of sunlight through leaves in autumn

"dappling of sunlight" is quite pretty, incidentally

—p.75 The Book, the Broom, and the Ladder: Grounding Philosophy (65) by Clare Hayes-Brady
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limn

to limn and to limit

—p.62 "It's Just the Texture of the World I Live in": Wallace and the World (41) by Clare Hayes-Brady
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