A problem I had when I read Of Grammatology several years ago was precisely that of Speech being nearly-congruous with Thought. It seems to me that this is simplistic and that Thought is but the first level of the codification of stimuli/responses and that is where the issue of Presence might need to be grounded. Just not convinced that Speech is any closer than Writing to Thought.
You are aware that Derrida is not arguing that it is? Quite the contrary. That is his whole point.
But that's a topic for another time, perhaps after I re-read a few texts to make sure I'm not misremembering or misunderstanding anything after five years' interval 

But the way you put it, combined with my distant recollections, made me wonder if he was signaling out Speech as being somehow "closer" despite it being the first stage of Writing. A re-read will be the near future, I'm sure.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.

Someone explain this academic article snippet to me?
10/09/2010 01:28:05 AM
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First, you'd need to know about signifiers and the signified to understand Derrida's position
10/09/2010 05:40:22 AM
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Actually that helps a bundle.
10/09/2010 06:05:52 AM
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I had to be familiar with Derrida, Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan in grad school
10/09/2010 06:12:22 AM
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Re: First, you'd need to know about signifiers and the signified to understand Derrida's position
10/09/2010 09:12:41 AM
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Also, the few science articles I've read were very comprehensible, albeit with difficult terminology *NM*
10/09/2010 07:18:52 AM
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Derridean critique of presence
10/09/2010 09:43:51 AM
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I prefer Eco's semiotics approach
10/09/2010 10:08:42 AM
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Re: I prefer Eco's semiotics approach
10/09/2010 10:10:26 AM
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I realize that
10/09/2010 11:18:07 AM
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Re: I realize that
10/09/2010 01:22:49 PM
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I think I'll do it between reading a Spanish book and a Portuguese one
10/09/2010 01:35:50 PM
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This website will help you understand everything you need to about Derridaism.
13/09/2010 09:19:16 AM
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