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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199263302
ISBN-139780199263301
eBay Product ID (ePID)48422106
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameIn Contradiction : a Study of the Transconsistent
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLogic
Publication Year2006
FeaturesRevised
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorGraham Priest
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-022729
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"In Contradiction covers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--Jos´e Mart´inez Fern´andez, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "In Contradictioncovers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--José Martínez Fernández,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "In Contradictioncovers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--Jos Mart nez Fern ndez,Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "In Contradiction covers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--JosMartnez Fernndez, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, after reading the careful arguments that Priest builds to defend dialetheism, and the passionate attack he launches on classical logic and consistent views of the world, one realizes that dialetheism is a major logical theory, deserving a detailed examination. . . . I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language, " In Contradiction covers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--José Martínez Fernández, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "In Contradiction covers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--Jose Martinez Fernandez, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "In Contradiction covers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--Jos'e Mart'inez Fern'andez, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, "In Contradiction covers an impressive range of subjects.... I strongly recommend its reading to anyone interested in logic and language."--José Martínez Fernández, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal165
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisIn Contradiction advocates and defends the view that there are true contradictions (dialetheism), a view that flies in the face of orthodoxy in Western philosophy since Aristotle. The book has been at the centre of the controversies surrounding dialetheism ever since its first publication in 1987. This second edition of the book substantially expands upon the original in various ways, and also contains the author's reflections on developments over the last two decades. Further aspects of dialetheism are discussed in the companion volume, Doubt Truth to be a Liar, also published by Oxford University Press., In Contradiction advocates and defends the view that there are true contradictions (dialetheism), a view that flies in the face of orthodoxy in Western philosophy since Aristotle. The book has been at the center of the controversies surrounding dialetheism ever since its first publication in 1987. This second edition of the book substantially expands upon the original in various ways, and also contains the author's reflections on developments over the last two decades. Further aspects of dialetheism are discussed in the companion volume, Doubt Truth to be a Liar , also published by Oxford University Press in 2006., In Contradiction advocates and defends the view that there are true contradictions (dialetheism), a view that flies in the face of orthodoxy in Western philosophy since Aristotle. The book has been at the centre of the controversies surrounding dialetheism ever since its first publication in 1987. This second edition of the book substantially expands upon the original in various ways, and also contains the author's reflections on developments over the last two decades. Further aspects of dialetheism are discussed in the companion volume, Doubt Truth to be a Liar, also published by Oxford University Press in 2006., In Contradiction advocates and defends the view that there are true contradictions (dialetheism), a view that flies in the face of orthodoxy in Western philosophy since Aristotle. The book has been at the center of the controversies surrounding dialetheism ever since its first publication in 1987. This second edition of the book substantially expands upon the original in various ways, and also contains the author's reflections on developments over the last two decades. Further aspects of dialetheism are discussed in the companion volume, Doubt Truth to be a Liar, also published by Oxford University Press in 2006.