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It's like we need a solid foundation to build on.

It's like we need a solid foundation to build on.

Yeah. Okay. So we latch onto these big concepts like Plato's perfect forms.

Yeah. Okay. So we latch onto these big concepts like Plato's perfect forms.

Or Descartes, I think therefore I am.

Or Descartes, I think therefore I am.

Exactly. They become the bedrock for like understanding everything else.

Exactly. They become the bedrock for like understanding everything else.

Right. But Derrida's like, hold on a sec. What if that center, that solid ground is actually shaky?

Right. But Derrida's like, hold on a sec. What if that center, that solid ground is actually shaky?

That's logocentrism. And he thinks it might be like a uniquely Western thing.

That's logocentrism. And he thinks it might be like a uniquely Western thing.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No, not at all.

No, not at all.

Yeah. Think of it like watching a movie. You get so caught up in the story. It seems seamless. Right. But then you learned about editing. How all those shots are pieced together. All the cuts to create that illusion.

Yeah. Think of it like watching a movie. You get so caught up in the story. It seems seamless. Right. But then you learned about editing. How all those shots are pieced together. All the cuts to create that illusion.

I love that. And speaking of how we see things, there's that story about the Spanish explorers at the Grand Canyon, right?

I love that. And speaking of how we see things, there's that story about the Spanish explorers at the Grand Canyon, right?