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The Law of Non-contradiction. New Philosophical Essays.
. Ed(S): Priest, Graham; Beall, J.C.; Armour-Garb, Bradley
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Paperback. Investigates the 'law', considering arguments for and against it and discussing methodological issues that arise whenever we question the legitimacy of logical principles. This volume presents a debate about the Law of Non-Contradiction, from discussions as to how the law is to be understood, to reasons for accepting or re-thinking the law. Editor(s): Priest, Graham; Beall, J.C.; Armour-Garb, Bradley. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; HPK; HPL; PBCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 646.
The Law of Non-Contradiction-that no contradiction can be true-has been a seemingly unassailable dogma since the work of Aristotle, in Book Gamma of the Metaphysics. It is an assumption challenged from a variety of angles in this collection of original papers. Twenty-three of the world's leading experts investigate the 'law', considering arguments for and against it and discussing methodological issues that arise whenever we question the legitimacy of logical principles. The result is a balanced inquiry into a venerable principle of logic, one that raises questions at the very centre of logic itself. The aim of this volume ... Read more
The Law of Non-Contradiction-that no contradiction can be true-has been a seemingly unassailable dogma since the work of Aristotle, in Book Gamma of the Metaphysics. It is an assumption challenged from a variety of angles in this collection of original papers. Twenty-three of the world's leading experts investigate the 'law', considering arguments for and against it and discussing methodological issues that arise whenever we question the legitimacy of logical principles. The result is a balanced inquiry into a venerable principle of logic, one that raises questions at the very centre of logic itself. The aim of this volume ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199204199
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V9780199204199
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Reviews for The Law of Non-contradiction. New Philosophical Essays.
Review from previous edition Since dialetheism has, in recent years, scrounged its way from being a view easily defeated by the dreaded incredulous stare to being a major (but still sometimes ignored) contender in the contest for an adequate logical account of the semantic and set-theoretic paradoxes (or an adequate logical theory in general), the volume is to be commended ... Read more