- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Clarendon Press; First Edition edition (15 Dec 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0199263280
- ISBN-13: 978-0199263288
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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this is a rewarding book. It is a must-read for everyone interested in the philosophy of paraconsistent logic. (Bartosz Wieckowski, Studia Logica )
This wide-ranging book is divided into four Parts: Truth, Negation, Rationality and Logic. Priest's discussion of these topics is centered around their bearing on his doctrine of dialetheism, the view that some contradictions are true; but the discussions are of great interest independent of dialetheism. The quality of the discussion is generally very high, and the book is a must-read for anyone interested in the central questions of the philosophy of logic. . . . I found this a thoroughly stimulating book. I recommend it with great enthusiasm. (Hartry Field, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews )
This wide-ranging book is divided into four Parts: Truth, Negation, Rationality and Logic. Priest's discussion of these topics is centered around their bearing on his doctrine of dialetheism, the view that some contradictions are true; but the discussions are of great interest independent of dialetheism. The quality of the discussion is generally very high, and the book is a must-read for anyone interested in the central questions of the philosophy of logic. . . . I found this a thoroughly stimulating book. I recommend it with great enthusiasm. (Hartry Field, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews )
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Dialetheism is the view that some contradictions are true. This is a view which runs against orthodoxy in logic and metaphysics since Aristotle, and has implications for many of the core notions of philosophy. Doubt Truth to Be a Liar explores these implications for truth, rationality, negation, and the nature of logic, and develops further the defence of dialetheism first mounted in Priest's In Contradiction, a second edition of which is also available.
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It seems like most of Priest's career is built on his defence of dialetheism, but maybe that isn't so surprising when you see just how many issues that notion touches on. The law of non-contradiction is, after all, usually taken to be one of the most fundamental, ineluctable principles of reasoning. Priest does a very thorough job of attacking that notion.
DTL examines in great detail one of the more esoteric debates in philosophy of logic without employing any in-depth formal logic, which keeps it accessible to those who have only minimal training in logic but are interested in understanding a radically different perspective on that deeply important element of our thought, contradiction (I have pretty much zero training in anything outside classical logic, and I could follow the book fine). His deep analysis of Aristotle on contradiction should be interesting for anyone into ancient philosophy.
In my opinion, it's important in philosophy to let no assumption go unchallenged, and DTL is one of those books that absolutely fulfils that goal. This should leave you questioning something you once to took to be obvious common sense.
If you want to delve further into dialetheism, for a more unfavourable analysis of the view, check out the online blog "(Blog&~Blog)". There are over a hundred posts there, and most deal with dialethism & paraconsistency. The book "The Law of Non-Contradiction", edited by Priest, Beall, & Armour-Grab, includes a number of insightful essays from various perspectives (most of which, like this book, are fairly low on formal logic).
DTL examines in great detail one of the more esoteric debates in philosophy of logic without employing any in-depth formal logic, which keeps it accessible to those who have only minimal training in logic but are interested in understanding a radically different perspective on that deeply important element of our thought, contradiction (I have pretty much zero training in anything outside classical logic, and I could follow the book fine). His deep analysis of Aristotle on contradiction should be interesting for anyone into ancient philosophy.
In my opinion, it's important in philosophy to let no assumption go unchallenged, and DTL is one of those books that absolutely fulfils that goal. This should leave you questioning something you once to took to be obvious common sense.
If you want to delve further into dialetheism, for a more unfavourable analysis of the view, check out the online blog "(Blog&~Blog)". There are over a hundred posts there, and most deal with dialethism & paraconsistency. The book "The Law of Non-Contradiction", edited by Priest, Beall, & Armour-Grab, includes a number of insightful essays from various perspectives (most of which, like this book, are fairly low on formal logic).
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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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