HINTERGEDANKE: NAGGING UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHT, ESP. ONE THAT UPSETS THE EQUILIBRIUM OF DOMINANT PERSPECTIVES OR WORLDVIEWS; THE ULTERIOR MOTIVE; THE HIDDEN SAYING. HINTERGEDENKEN: THINKING AGAINST, ESP. AGAINST THE ‘APPARENTLY SO’, THE ‘JUST-SO’ AND, ON OCCASION EVEN ‘THE GIVEN’; CHARACTERIZED BY “PLAYFULNESS, TROUBLESOME MEDDLING, ENLIGHTENED REVELATIONS, CONTRARINESS, AND ALL THE HAPPY INDETERMINABILITY OF THE ABYSS.” THE RIGHT FLY IN THE RIGHT OINTMENT.\
