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

Mercator Fellow Graham Priest will be visiting the RTG from December 1-5, 2023

We are looking forward to an intensive cooperation with Graham Priest (City University of New York), who has planned the following events during his time in Bremen:

4.12.2023
14-17 Uhr | Workshop: The Logical Structure of Dialectics

5.12.2023
14:30-16:00 | Vortrag: Introduction to Paraconsistency and Dialetheism

Outside the scheduled events he will be available for consultation at the Grazer Straße 2.

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earthing

“Geography as a discipline stands for a certain worlding, if not earthing, of contradiction, in both theoretical and pracitcal respect.”
Julia Lossau

sustained engagement

“The history of Western philosophy can be understood as a sustained engagement with contradiction.”
Norman Sieroka

l’illusion d’une unité

“Foucault speaks of contradiction as l’illusion d’une unité.”
Ingo H. Warnke

articulate

“Contradictions need to be articulated in order to exist.”
Martin Nonhoff

hierarchy of norms

“If social contradictions are reflected in law, law cannot form a hierarchy of norms free of contradictions.”
Andreas Fischer-Lescano