The History of African Philosophy as a Site of Contradictions

DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –

Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory

DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –

Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory

The History of African Philosophy as a Site of Contradictions

Talk

05/04/2023 4:15 pm –5:45 pm

U Bremen GW1 A 0150 & online

Lindokuhle Shabane

Comments

Fellow: Dr. Debora Nyangulu

Guest: Dr. Jonathan Chimakonam | University of Pretoria | South Africa

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every day

“Living in contradictions is what we experience every day. Why do we know so little about it?”
Gisela Febel

interstice

“The contradiction of law in Derrida lies in the interstice that separates the impossibility of deconstructing justice from the possibility of deconstructing law.”
Andreas Fischer-Lescano

relational

“At first I thought contradiction was always a relational thing; but the more I ponder it, the more I think contradiction creates relation.”
Ingo H. Warnke

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