Doubt Truth to be a Liar 1st Edition by Graham Priest (PDF)

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The Law of Non-Contradiction has been high orthodoxy in Western philosophy since Aristotle. The so-called Law has been the subject of radical challenge in recent years by dialetheism, the view that some contradictions are indeed true. Many philosophers have taken the Law to be central to many of our most important philosophical concepts. In Doubt Truth to be a Liar, Graham Priest mounts the case against this. Starting with an analysis of Aristotle on the Law, he discusses the nature of truth, or rationality, or negation, and of logic itself, and argues that the Law is inessential to all of these things. The book takes off from Priest’s earlier book, In Contradiction(a second edition of which is also published by OUP), developing its themes largely without recourse to formal logic.The book is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand dialetheism; (especially) for anyone who wishes to continue to endorse the old Aristotelian orthodoxy; and more generally, for anyone who wishes to understand the role that contradiction plays in our thinking.

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⭐I just finished reading Graham Priest’s book, “Doubt Truth to Be a Liar”. I will confess that much of the reasoning involved arguments that included concepts and terminology that are beyond my level of knowledge and expertise. Therefore, much of the time I was somewhat in foggy territory (from my perspective). I will say, however, notwithstanding the fact that Priest made some very strong arguments in favor of paraconsistent logics, I felt unpersuaded to buy into the notion that a statement can both be true and false, at the same time and in the same sense. This, by my thinking, does violence to fundamentals of human reason.My belief is that most modern philosophers and logicians would be on my side in my conviction that we cannot justifiably endorse contradictions (dialetheism). Nevertheless, I give Priest’s book quite high marks as an intellectual “tour de force”. The book induced me to seriously question aspects of rational thought that I’d tended to take for granted. It was worth reading.

⭐Read this book! Priest covers all his bases, though all these matters are hardly settled. Most importantly, though, is the establishment of the rationality of belief in contradiction. Actually, the argument for the insufficiency of classical negation is priceless. You can’t come away from Priest without having your perspective broadened. This is great for lovers of logic and questioners/ philosophers in general.

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