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Book SynopsisGraham 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, pr
Trade ReviewReview from previous edition This book is a splendid tour de force, one which should be read by every philosopher... * Alan Weir, Philosophical Quarterly *
clever, resourceful, undogmatic, unpretentious, often sensible and usually clear over a wide range of issues * Timothy Williamson, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science *
highly entertaining and provocative... an engaging and instructive tour through some of the most perplexing features of our own conceptual finitude... * A. W. Moore, Times Literary Supplement *
Graham Priest combines a deep philosophical appreciation of fundamental logical issues with a marvelously informed reading of both the history of philosophy and contemporary texts. His work is ambitious and insightful... The book is an ambitious attempt to do important philosophical work across major borders - borders of the formal and philosophical, the historical and the contemporary, the Analytical and the Continental traditions. In [this] regard it is a resounding success. * Patrick Grim, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research *
Table of Contents1. THE LIMITS OF EXPRESSION ; 5. NOUMENA AND THE CATEGORIES ; 8. ABSOLUTE INFINITY ; 12. THE UNITY OF THOUGHT ; 15. HEIDEGGER AND THE GRAMMAR OF BEING
