hermeneutic
(en)
the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts
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as a result of the hermeneutic process of gaining and formulating a thorough understanding of it
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as a result of the hermeneutic process of gaining and formulating a thorough understanding of it
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a literary trend where readers are expected to take an active role in the creation of a story, as the characters tend to be unexceptional; epitomized by the work of Bret Easton Ellis
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(defined later on) mentioned as one of the literary trends that DFW and his ilk seek to critique and supersede
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(defined later on) mentioned as one of the literary trends that DFW and his ilk seek to critique and supersede
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the literary trend of writing about writing with a deconstructionist approach, making the fictionality of fiction apparent to the reader; epitomized by the work of John Barth
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(defined later one) mentioned as one of the literary trends that DFW and his ilk seek to critique and supersede
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(defined later one) mentioned as one of the literary trends that DFW and his ilk seek to critique and supersede
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cum suis
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and others?
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the works of Wallace cum suis reaffirm exactly that possibility
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the works of Wallace cum suis reaffirm exactly that possibility
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prodrome
(en)
(noun) a premonitory symptom of disease
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they regard hyperreflexivity as beloning to the 'prodromes' (early symptoms) of what they describe in general as 'self-disorders'
referring to phenomenological-psychologists Louis Sass and Josef Parnas
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they regard hyperreflexivity as beloning to the 'prodromes' (early symptoms) of what they describe in general as 'self-disorders'
referring to phenomenological-psychologists Louis Sass and Josef Parnas
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leitmotif
(en)
a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
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We can find this contributive factor and its disturbing existential impact illustrated in countless places in the works of Wallace, Eggers and Foer, often as a leitmotiv, as a quest for meaning.
referring to modernity-imposed conditions of doubt and a general inability to rely on authority
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We can find this contributive factor and its disturbing existential impact illustrated in countless places in the works of Wallace, Eggers and Foer, often as a leitmotiv, as a quest for meaning.
referring to modernity-imposed conditions of doubt and a general inability to rely on authority
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mediated
(en)
intervened with, through an intermediary
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The fourth influence Gidden lists, is 'the prevalence of mediated experience'.
quoting Anthony Giddens in Modernity and Self-Identity (listing his factors of heightened contemporary reflexivity)
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The fourth influence Gidden lists, is 'the prevalence of mediated experience'.
quoting Anthony Giddens in Modernity and Self-Identity (listing his factors of heightened contemporary reflexivity)
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immanence
(en)
philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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But what is the 'I', then, if it is not an immanent structure of consciousness itself?
Starting to see this word everywhere. Pretty useful tbh
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But what is the 'I', then, if it is not an immanent structure of consciousness itself?
Starting to see this word everywhere. Pretty useful tbh
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thetic
(en)
(adjective) constituting or beginning with a poetic thesis
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Sartre offers the example of looking through a keyhole: 'I am alone and on the level of a non-thetic self-consciousness [...]'
Being and Nothingness p.283
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Sartre offers the example of looking through a keyhole: 'I am alone and on the level of a non-thetic self-consciousness [...]'
Being and Nothingness p.283
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solipsism
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(noun) a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing / (noun) extreme egocentrism
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Sass describes solipsism as a state of mind in which 'the whole of reality, including the external world and other persons, is [regarded as] but a representation appearing to a single individual self'.
quoting Louis Sass, The Paradoxes of Delusion, 8
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Sass describes solipsism as a state of mind in which 'the whole of reality, including the external world and other persons, is [regarded as] but a representation appearing to a single individual self'.
quoting Louis Sass, The Paradoxes of Delusion, 8
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