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==Symbolic==
The [[symbolic order]] is characterized by a binary opposition between [[absence]] and [[absence|presence]].<ref>{{S4}} p.67-8</ref>
==Real==
This is a basic [[difference]] between the [[symbolic]] and the [[real]].
==Fort/Da==
[[Lacan]] sees the [[game]] of ''[[fort-da|fort!/da!]]'', which [[Freud]] describes in ''[[Beyond the Pleasure Principle]]'', as a [[primitive]] phonemic opposition representing the child's entry into the [[symbolic order]]. The two sounds made by the [[development|child]], O/A, are "a pair of sounds modulated on presence and absence, and these sounds are related "to the presence and absence of persons and things."<ref>{{E}} p.65, 109, n.46</ref>
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In the "[[fort-da]]" game, the [[child]] throws a cotton reel out of its cot in order to [[symbolic|symbolize]] the [[absence]] and [[presence]] of the [[mother]]. [[Symbolic|Symbolization begins when the [[child]] gets its first [[sense]] that something could be [[missing]].
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==Word==
In the [[symbolic order]], [[absence]] has a [[existence|positive existence]] or [[absence|presence]].
# the [[symbol]] is used in the [[absence]] of the [[thing]] and
# [[signifiers]] only exist insofar as they are opposed to [[other ]] [[signifiers]].<ref>{{E}} p.65</ref>
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==Presence==
Because of the mutual implication of [[absence]] and [[absence|presence]] in the [[symbolic order]], [[absence]] can be said to have an equally positive [[existence]] in the [[symbolic]] as [[absence|presence]]. This is what allows [[Lacan]] to say that "the nothing" (''le rien'') is in itself an [[object]] (a [[partial object]]).<ref>{{S4}} p.184-5</ref>
==Phallus==
It is around the [[absence|presence]] and [[absence]] of the [[phallus]] that [[sexual difference]] is [[symbolically]] apprehended by the [[development|child]]. [[Sexual difference]] is apprehended by the [[child]] [[symbolic]]ally around the [[absence|presence]] and [[absence]] of the [[phallus]].
==See Also==
{{See}}* [[Existence]]* [[Fort-Da]]||* [[Linguistics]]* [[Object]]||* [[Phallus]]* [[Sexual difference]]||* [[Signifier]]* [[Symbol]]||* [[Symbolic]]* [[AbsenceReal]]{{Also}}
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