Beyond the Limits of Thought

TRAMA

This second and extended edition of Priest's classic includes new chapters on Heidegger and Nagarjuna, as well as reflections on reactions to the first edition. Praise for previous edition: "a splendid tour de force, one which should be read by every philosopher..."--Philosophical Quarterly "(H)ighly entertaining and provocative...an engaging and instructive tour through some of the most perplexing features of our own conceptual finitude..."--TLS

NOTE EDITORE

Graham Priest presents a new, expanded edition of his highly original exploration of the nature and limits of thought. Drawing on recent developments in the field of logic, Priest shows that the description of such limits leads to contradiction, and argues that these contradictions are in fact true. 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 theorized by Kant and Hegel. He offers new interpretations of Berkeley's master argument for idealism and Kant on the antinomies. He explores the paradoxes of self-reference, and provides a unified account of the structure of such paradoxes. The book goes on to trace the theme of the limits of thought in modern philosophy of language, including discussions of the ideas of Wittgenstein and Derrida. The second edition includes new chapters on Heidegger and Nagarjuna, as well as reflections on reactions to the first edition. This clear, provocative, and systematic work offers a radically different approach to philosophy and logic.

SOMMARIO

1 - The limits of expression2 - The limits of iteration3 - The limits of cognition4 - The limits of conception5 - Noumena and the categories6 - Kant's antinomies7 - Hegel's infinities8 - Absolute infinity9 - Vicious circles10 - Parameterization11 - Sets and classes12 - The unity of thought13 - Translation, reference, and truth14 - Consciousness, rules, and différance15 - Heidegger and the grammar of being16 - Nagarjuna and the limits of thought17 - Further reflections

AUTORE

Graham Priest is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, and also Arche Professorial Fellow at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of In Contradiction (1987), Introduction to Non-Classical Logic (2001), and the editor of several collections on logic and related subjects. He is also the author of a successful book on Logic in the Very Short Introduction series.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199244218
• Dimensioni: 233 x 18.0 x 156 mm Ø 518 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 1 line drawing
• Pagine Arabe: 336