Autoplectic writes, *Who* are these pomos that made relativism a bad word?
Doyle, Derrida is the one I've looked at concerning grammar. Derrida's method of finding multiple readings in text is relativistic technique. Certainly text is not to be taken quite in the way popular culture might have it about the skill of reading. Derrida is acknowledging an apparent relativity property in text. Why it's there did not concern Derrida. I was trying to pursue the concept of grammar via various thinkers, including Wittgenstein and Chomsky. For Derrida and Wittgenstein the term grammar is a stretch compared to Chomsky's interest in language and his development of a mathematical-like grammar theory. I was looking for insight about language like use of cognitive tools. Derrida's "Of Grammatology" is what I am referring to. I made some marks in the book for reference to how Derrida referred to a grammar like look text, page 86, First complete paragraph. Derrida is talking about how the line shapes ontology, meaning linear script can do certain things in creating knowledge. However, from my point of view grammar reflects the body. Derrida appears to not really have a theory of a 'grammar'. Can't say why grammar appears in lines as well as speech acts. My examination of other POMO thinkers like Butler, Lacan et al is more superficial. I've read and found interesting Foucault on the history of madness. Butler and Lacan see social construction in a relative manner as well which is not distorting their views. thanks, Doyle
