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Truth and Contradiction:
Reading Hegel with Lacan
Timothy Huson
Desicated to my teacher, Ed Lawrence
Jacques Lacan correctly recognized in Freud, beyond the scientist in the
aon sens. the speculative philosopher the thinker deten to wage the
{ikimate principles of human reality and, indeed of realty fae Pasco whe,
{he found in Freud's writings touches the heart of Hegel thought: load
‘rent principles thei realn baring ymin le
sod and conning asthe eel of that sel pe
dene the tath cad y the sob ene but minicar
en the fr ofthe dreamhost por al ae
he owing oma at ean has aed ah he
conscious tath coaches upon and itera og a
“oe exes, eel contaion an bara ea
of thi seing caren, It may bes euic Wiehe ae a
ture one might not een be tac off he apo eee
cxpesing the Who the unencousa tathin ee eae
shone he ronal cede of cer lea oe ee
aad forming init oka nese sh Aad there
inpossbity in the scl dio, ako een hn ate
Sehind it is the choice ofthe nia lf npog ines
sie that ges se to that soa ane
2h ite soil onder eats to ina comradcry ea
atin of epoca eternnation, bang ath fee
ister aswel sina reaton of ual inf ad
Xsan nee iT atone the ancnsce a
tality conceal pra wo Hes ndesandngottne eet
‘clon bawcen fini aly and the sbaite Te open
seny ofthe ite, more carly ermine, ton ae (a
inherence If we lok beyond the feo he sbane e
‘contacto of the tnt brale by undeausane he ee
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cory raion
contactor elton ofthe ite the abil conradiory
that forms its truth ~ truth as contradiction. Standing to ihe fen he
Config teams of eros deurminton, ae the same ine,
Tels Vusecng posted a nt pst
“Phroughou the history of plop, trath has olen been sen some
kind of correspondence ~ of proposition to fact, of concept to reality of
ry cnc fre ar inn on
tiger on ally comeponds ihe cmc ony ino aos
the same me doc ot corpora Teh copose of wo contacting
‘cain ba contain Ashe base sac of tality bis ema
‘iis te oe hme as a ei aman
thought the mci fr teing and charge wots hat at
Wes ue’ ha inthe ene arn ino cages
Srevndsa acon oie sy nghts rao
Mats ard inca Socal etiquette ego te ua te
Mey produ of toh ater lg te negate Tn
{Sect Sorts confet ih ol alent mote nani hay
Eisai te” mtn punta eso
nee eit anvils say ony ring pons cmc or
sertircny by rotuc of sey hat one eae a aL A tees
Sl man snes 9 a
conndtoy eon eit indepen fst only caus
tmabo al he sane te detrmined by soy ioe wot wy
se nnn oo ian, Se