Paradoxes and the Limits of Thought

Paradoxes have always troubled the greatest thinkers of every era. Difficult and bothersome dilemmas to which human thought cannot find a solution.
In this workshop, we have carried out an extensive review of a variety of mind-boggling philosophical paradoxes. We have learned to differentiate between three major types of paradoxes and try - sometimes with great difficulty - to find them a solution. Is movement in the world possible? What will happen if we go back in time and make sure our parents never meet? What does a liar mean when he says he is lying? The goal of this workshop has been to mark the limit of human thought through a lively discussion revolving questions which make thinking arrive at a “dead-end”.

This is the second out of four lectures titled "A Brief Journey Through the Philosophy of Thought", which took place at Stillpoint Spaces Berlin during summer 2017.

From the introduction:
A four-part Learning Module and workshop had an aim to review the major role human thought has taken as the object of philosophical scrutiny. From Descartes’ conception of the “Cogito” to Quine’s limitation of its reach; Through contemporary theories of consciousness, up to the point of where thought speaks up for itself from the unconscious; We have tried to rigorously answer one question - what is thought?

About the lecturer:
Leon Brenner is a teacher and a scholar specializing in the fields of Lacanian psychoanalysis, contemporary French philosophy and autism theory. Brenner graduated with BA and MA in Psychology and Philosophy. His doctoral dissertation concerns the subject of autism in philosophy and is entitled, The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language. Brenner has received two excellence awards as a Junior University Teacher: The University Rector Excellence Award, and the Deanship Excellence Award. He is currently engaged in several scholarly and artistic projects in Berlin and is a resident instructor at Stillpoint Spaces Berlin. More of Leon Brenner in his blog:

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