Abstract
The formulae “perhaps” and “perhaps not,” […] we adopt in place of “perhaps it is and perhaps it is not” […]. But here again we do not fight about phrases […] these expressions are indicative of non-assertion. Sextus Empiricus, Outlines of Pyrrhonism
One could spend years on […] the perhaps […] whose modality will render fictional and fragile everything that follows […]. One does not testify in court and before the law with “perhaps.” Jacques Derrida, Demeure: Fiction and Testimony
One could spend years on […] the perhaps […] whose modality will render fictional and fragile everything that follows […]. One does not testify in court and before the law with “perhaps.” Jacques Derrida, Demeure: Fiction and Testimony
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 137-156 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2006 |