The Law of Non-Contradiction: New Philosophical Essays 1st Edition by Graham Priest (PDF)

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The Law of Non-Contradiction — that no contradiction can be true — has been a seemingly unassailable dogma since the work of Aristotle, in Book G 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 center of logic itself.The aim of this volume is to present a comprehensive 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, and to issues that raise challenges to the law, such as the Liar Paradox, and a “dialetheic” resolution of that paradox. The editors contribute an introduction which surveys the issues and serves to frame the debate, and a useful bibliography offering a guide to further reading.This volume will be of interest to anyone working on philosophical logic, and to anyone who has ever wondered about the status of logical laws and about how one might proceed to mount arguments for or against them.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “…the volume is to be commended merely for its existence. The fact that it contains, not just a number of good philosophers taking this view seriously, but also a lot of seriously good philosophy increases its worth…one wonders why it has taken so long for such an excellent volume to appear.” –Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews About the Author Graham Priest is in the Departments of Philosophy, Universities of Melbourne and St Andrews. JC Beall is in the Department of Philosophy, University of Connecticut. Bradley Armour-Garb is in the Department of Philosophy, University of Albany.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This is a great collection of articles on the topic. They are still relevant 15 years after the publication of the book.

⭐If you are a hard-core analytical philosopher, this is a great book. The debate about the law of non-contradiction is about as fundamental as you can get. Clarity and rigor are on display, as well as flashes of humour.If you are not a hard-core analytical philosopher, this book will probably seem difficult and, at times, a little dull.If you think that you both are and are not a hard-core analytical philosopher, you are probably a dialetheist – you believe that some contradictions are true. In that case, you will probably want to keep a copy of this book under your pillow at night.

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⭐The price for this book is ridiculously high, especially for the Kindle version. Stop robbing the college students. I hope Apple wins and takes all the textbooks away from overpriced publishers!Watler

⭐Excellent essays about the LNC. Priest and Beall made a really good compilation. The price is really fair for the whole book.

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