# Phallogocentrism Originally an invective invented by philosopher Jacques Derrida, phallogocentrism is the belief that philosophy only can arise as a conscious focus on the dialectics of logos and pathos within the phallic world of the mind; Bard & Söderqvist claim in a kind of Hegelian opposition to "the pillar-saint" Derrida that phallogocentrism is a necessity that has not yet received its definite form.