The Dark Matter of Words. Absence, Unknowing, and Emptiness in Literature

Baker, Susan Read; Walsh, Timothy

doi:10.2307/3201931

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“…Broadly speaking, one may view the idea of a lack (Walsh, 1998) in a number of fieldsphilosophy, physics, music, and literature to name only a few. Here are three brief examples of the paradoxical concept of being and lacking in philosophy, physics, and music.…”

Section: A Lack In Various Fields Of Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In literature, the idea of an absence broadly can take two different forms but the goal is the same-to understand what is not explicitly stated. In text, such gaps or lacunae (Walsh, 1998) may be explicit (as in the use of an ellipsis), or implicit in the text. But regardless of how the information is or is not presented, what is not explicitly stated is equally as important as what is stated.…”

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Nothingness or Not-Somethingness: A Paradox

CHAMETZKY

2024

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I have nothing. I do not have something. At first glance, these two sentences imply a lack; in colloquial speech, depending on the situation, the meanings of the two sentences may also be similar. However, the idea of nothing and something is an important subtlety that must be explained. What does the concept of nothing mean? And, does such a concept exist? Is nothing the opposite of something? These seemingly ontological, philosophical, and metaphysical questions are at the heart of everything we do, read, and say in life. To understand the idea of nothingness in a more nuanced perspective for readers and interlocutors, there is great value in unpacking these questions further. Thus, the objective of this research is to understand the idea of nothingness and what is not stated in a more nuanced perspective.

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Section: A Lack In Various Fields Of Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Toward a Required Need For Understandingmentioning

confidence: 99%