Jean-Francois Lyotard Quotes

Jean-Francois Lyotard
French Philosopher
Born: Aug 10, 1924
Died: Apr 21, 1998
Class Decision Knowledge Science Society Will
Related authors: Albert Camus Blaise Pascal Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Paul Sartre Michel de Montaigne Montesquieu Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Simone Weil
Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Knowledge Age Our Enter Status Postmodern Hypothesis Altered Known Cultures Working Societies
And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Today Will First Society Approach Inquiry About More Take Involves Knowing First Of All Answer How Than Means Choosing Ever Necessarily
Increasingly, the central question is becoming who will have access to the information these machines must have in storage to guarantee that the right decisions are made. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Will Made Increasingly Machines Must Access Becoming Question Storage Information Central Decisions Who Right Right Decisions Guarantee
Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Good Money Decision Others Channels Liberalism Some Only Does Making Debts Which While Decision-Making Organisation Used Payment Flow
What is required of a working hypothesis is a fine capacity for discrimination. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Science Fine Hypothesis Discrimination Capacity Required Working
If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Knowledge Wish Society Must Developed Highly Most Contemporary Contemporary Society Answer Question Discuss Representation Preliminary Apply
One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Knowledge Decision Society Machine Giant Only Indispensable Principal Accordance Role Decide Decided Act Element
What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction. Jean-Francois Lyotard
Losing Old New Poles Institutions Parties Attraction Traditions Historical Professions

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