Colloquium Contradiction Studies
Text Discussion on the Topic Between Practices of Contradiction and Positioning: First Results from the Analysis
idea of democratic critique
“If you think that acts of contradicting someone always need to point to better solutions, you haven’t really understood the idea of democratic critique.”
Martin Nonhoff
space
“According to Niklas Luhmann, space is a ‘special facility to negate contradictions’”.
Julia Lossau
driver
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka
sustained engagement
“The history of Western philosophy can be understood as a sustained engagement with contradiction.”
Norman Sieroka
diversity and plurality
“Join us to create more diversity and plurality in knowledge production.”
Gisela Febel