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Beyond the Limits of Thought

By Graham Priest

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0521454204, 9780521454209
LCC
BC199.L54 P75 1995
Open Library ID
OL1094690M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2188484 bytes)
Pages
286\286
DPI
600
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This is a philosophical investigation of the nature of the limits of thought. Drawing on recent developments in the field of logic, Graham Priest shows that the description of such limits leads to contradiction, and argues that these contradictions are in fact veridical. Beginning with an analysis of the way in which these limits arise in pre-Kantian philosophy, Priest goes on to illustrate how the nature of these limits was theorised by Kant and Hegel. He offers new interpretations of Berkeley's master argument for idealism and Kant on the antimonies. He explores the paradoxes of self reference, and provides a unified account of the structure of such paradoxes. The book concludes by tracing the theme of the limits of thought in modern philosophy of language, including discussions of the ideas of Wittgenstein and Derrida.

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