The category mistake allows one to stand just outside the bounds of these absolutes, pointing to and working with the thumping extrinsic evidence found therein. It allows one to focus on all of the material of potential creativity that is excluded from a dominant logic rather than merely quarreling with it. The category mistake can be a trapdoor into the vast pasture of options beyond the circular conundrums of recursive logic. With this expanded mandate the category mistake becomes a metacritical tool that is in constant use, and should be kept at hand, or worn on a string around one’s neck.
Keller Easterling | Only the Many || Log Journal of Architecture, Winter 2008 [144-45]

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