Contralytic issue 2: Circularity

Circularity is a recurring theme in philosophical discourse. In addition to connoting a geometric property, circularity is present whether one is falling prey to fallacious circular reasoning (or being accused of as much), or setting off into the infinite epistemological and metaphysical quagmire of a regress, or perhaps even in the process of grasping a texts’ meaning, the philosophical contemplation of circularity is inevitable.

In a less technical sense, circularity is also manifest across cultural iconographies, signifying unity, renewal, and recurrence. This expresses a deep and intuitive grasp of the underlying self-regulating dynamics of nature, society, and the strange loops that we ourselves are. From here we leave it to our readers to decide which aspects of circularity should be built, broken, and embraced, and what forms should be altered, maintained, and challenged.

contributors:

John D. Caputo Ricki Bliss K. Angel Olafur Eliasson Alessandro Keegan Gary Kemp Axl Kasper Daisy Lafarge Katie Paterson Steve Patterson Konrad Paszek Nic Nahar Sharp Kathrine Sowerby Sun Yung Shin Peter Thickett Máté Tenke Grit Richter