“The New Basics: Contradiction” by Chi Rainer Bornfree
Since Aristotle, contradiction has been outlawed from the truth. But that wasn’t always so. In fact, the best-known thinkers in the West are often those who advance some new way of capturing, regulating, and managing contradictions for domestic philosophical consumption. Looking to Aristotle, Hegel, and contemporary thinkers like Rosa Luxemburg and Graham Priest, Chi Rainer Bornfree argues that if you figure out how a thinker deals with contradiction, you’ll discover the core pattern of their thought. You can read their essay here.