Reason shifts from universal metalanguage to a plurality of axiomatic systems

Evidence

Obviously, a major shift in the notion of reason accompanies this new arrangement. The principle of a universal metalanguage is replaced by the principle of a plurality of formal and axiomatic systems capable of arguing the truth of denotative statements; these systems are described by a metalanguage that is universal but not consistent. What used to pass as paradox, and even paralogism, in the knowledge of classical and modern science can, in certain of these systems, acquire a new force of conviction and win the acceptance of the community of experts. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 327

Categorization

• XREF: This is the technical core of what Jameson reads as Lyotard’s ‘incredulity toward metanarratives’—the de-universalization of reason itself. — connects to: Metal’s predictable behavior seeded rational thinking, logic, and mathematics. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 165; Theoretical universalizations can recuperate difference into old Enlightenment universalist frameworks — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 409; Binary schematization’s completeness claim masks the imposition behind any dichotomy (+6 more)
• DEEPTHINKING: The claim that paradox and paralogism can acquire ‘new force of conviction’ inside certain systems is a deep epistemic inversion—what was failure of thought becomes its engine.

Broader Connections

• Euclidean axiomatic structure dominated Newton Principia and political doctrine #exemplifies (0.85) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 208
• Escaping monologic reason requires replacing philosophy of consciousness with communicative rationality #expands (0.82) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 383
• A self-consistent philosophy can be completely false while inconsistent systems hold truth #corroborates (0.80) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2213
• Theory aims to think concrete objects through their multiple interrelations #expands (0.80)
• Theoretical universalizations can recuperate difference into old Enlightenment universalist frameworks #expands (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 409
• Binary schematization’s completeness claim masks the imposition behind any dichotomy #expands (0.72)