The Power of Paradox: Impossible Conversations
Author | : Markus Locker |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2019-05-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004398245 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004398244 |
Rating | : 4/5 (244 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Power of Paradox: Impossible Conversations written by Markus Locker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.