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paralogy

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Pa`ral´o`gy
n.1.False reasoning; paralogism.

paralogism, paralogy, paralogia
a method or process of reasoning which contradicts logical rules or formulas, especially the use of a faulty syllogism (the formal fallacy). — paralogist, n. — paralogistic, adj.
See also: Argumentation
a reasoning disorder characterized by inappropriate responses to questions and illusiorial or delusional speech. — paralogical, adj.
See also: Psychology


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Yet it is flexible enough to avoid the pitfalls of the universalism of the classical humanist inspired humanities, chiefly I would argue, because of the formal flexibility of the open logic of paralogy.
Moreover, the "lessons" neither synthesise opposing views nor do they bridge incompatible sides so that "heads and tails", obverse and reverse, articulated structurally as "double" or paralogy emerge even more forcefully at a lesson's closure than at its beginning.
This is why one has to complement Habermas' s communicative telos, consensus, with Lyotard' s (1984: 60-67) paralogy or dissent, because only when taken together do they constitute the thanatic structure of the condition of communication.
 
 
 
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