Lilli Hasche
Guest Comments
Prof. Dr. Anna Beckers | Maastricht University
Dr. Laura Knöpfel | Basel
prison of difference
“‘Contradiction is the prison of difference‘ writes the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Worlds of Contradiction asks: how can we explain and describe the world without making it more coherent and systematic than it is?”
Michi Knecht
ideal of a contradiction-free world
“Science has long been animated by the ideal of a contradiction-free world in which logical orders could merge with society, politics, culture and language. In the GRC Contradiction Studies we are working on ways of describing the multiplicity and complexity, the danger and beauty of our worlds that clearly go beyond concepts of freedom from contradiction.”
Michi Knecht
driver
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka
Is contradiction eurocentric?
“Is contradiction a eurocentric concept, operational phenomenon, and instrument of power?”
Kerstin Knopf
name contradiction
“Contradiction becomes real where someone names contradiction.”
Ingo H. Warnke