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name contradiction
“Contradiction becomes real where someone names contradiction.”
Ingo H. Warnke
hierarchy of norms
“If social contradictions are reflected in law, law cannot form a hierarchy of norms free of contradictions.”
Andreas Fischer-Lescano
space
“According to Niklas Luhmann, space is a ‘special facility to negate contradictions’”.
Julia Lossau
articulate
“Contradictions need to be articulated in order to exist.”
Martin Nonhoff
problem to be solved
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff