Colloquium Contradiction Studies
Text discussion: Pages of Play: Towards an Analysis of a Pluriversal Digital African Aesthetic
space
“According to Niklas Luhmann, space is a ‘special facility to negate contradictions’”.
Julia Lossau
l’illusion d’une unité
“Foucault speaks of contradiction as l’illusion d’une unité.”
Ingo H. Warnke
coherence in thought
“The imperative of non-contradiction generally produces a coherence in thought that is often at odds with social complexities.”
Yan Suarsana
driver
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka
problem to be solved
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff