The power of paradox : impossible conversations / by Markus Locker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Locker, Markus, author.

Series:

Value Inquiry Book Series 331.

Value inquiry book series, Philosophy and religion 0929-8436 ; volume 331.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paradox.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2019.

Summary:

This book argues that all truths systems include paradoxes. Paradoxes, such as found in the sciences, philosophy and religion offer themselves as mutually shared partners in a dialogue of arguably incommensurable truths on the basis of their underlying truth. Paradoxes leap beyond the epistemic border of individual truth claims. A dialogue of truths, grounded in paradox, reaches before, and at the same time past singular truths. A paradox-based dialogue of truths elevates the communication of disciplines, such as the sciences and religion, to a meta-discourse level from which differences are not perceived as obstacles for dialogue but as complementary aspects of a deeper and fuller truth in which all truths are grounded.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Introduction

Death and Rebirth of Paradox or Where the Rub Lies

System and Paradox

Paᴚadox-in-the-Box: the Embodiment of Impossibilities

Transcendental Analysis and the Embodiment of Paradoxes

The Paradox of Freedom, Happiness, and Peace

Paradoxical Communications in Paradoxical Bodies

Conclusion

Back Matter

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-39824-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004398245 DOI