Beyond the Limits of Thought
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Beyond the Limits of Thought is a seminal philosophical work by Graham Priest that explores logical paradoxes and the boundaries of rational thought, advancing his influential dialetheist view that some contradictions can be true.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Beyond the Limits of Thought canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
non-fiction book
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philosophical book ⓘ |
| advancesView | some contradictions can be true ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
non-classical logic
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paraconsistent logic ⓘ |
| author | Graham Priest ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
debates on logical pluralism
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debates on semantic paradoxes ⓘ debates on the nature of inconsistency ⓘ |
| discusses |
epistemic limits of knowability
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logical limits of language ⓘ metaphysical limits of reality ⓘ |
| examines |
historical treatments of paradox
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limits of expressibility ⓘ limits of thought ⓘ self-referential structures ⓘ |
| field |
logic
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
dialetheist approach to paradox
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non-classical approach to logical consequence ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPosition |
acceptance of true contradictions at limit points of thought
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rejection of the principle of non-contradiction as universally valid ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hegelian dialectics
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surface form:
Hegelian dialectic
Kant's antinomies ⓘ Paradoxes of motion ⓘ
surface form:
Zeno's paradoxes
paradoxes of set theory ⓘ semantic paradoxes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
dialetheism
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inconsistent but non-trivial theories ⓘ limits of rational thought ⓘ logical paradoxes ⓘ paradoxes of self-reference ⓘ philosophy of logic ⓘ true contradictions ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of the limits of what can be thought
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defence of dialetheism ⓘ systematic historical survey of paradoxes ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy of logic ⓘ |
| proposes | that some paradoxes reveal true contradictions ⓘ |
| supportsPosition | dialetheism ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced students of philosophy
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professional philosophers ⓘ |
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