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Metaphysics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠'logocentric,' meaning that it has privileged speech (because of the presumed proximity of the speaking subject to the word spoken) over writing (characterized through the 'dangerous' traits of loss and absence.

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Metaphysics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠determined by its structural 'closure'. Deconstruction is a means of disturbing this closure, creating an opening or an interruption.

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Metaphysics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠just science which takes its object too seriously and believes too strongly that it exist. It is any science of presence.

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Metaphysics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unable to hold up as truth once we take meaning to be the effect of language, not its cause.

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Metaphysics (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the quest for underlying realities, the ultimate foundations on which analysis can rest.