Doubt Truth to be a Liar
Graham Priest
Abstract
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. This book mounts the case against this view. Starting with an analysis of Aristotle on the Law, it discusses the nature of truth, rationality, negation, and logic itself, and argues that the Law is inessential to all of these things. The book develops Priest’s ... More
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. This book mounts the case against this view. Starting with an analysis of Aristotle on the Law, it discusses the nature of truth, rationality, negation, and logic itself, and argues that the Law is inessential to all of these things. The book develops Priest’s earlier ideas in In Contradiction.
Keywords:
Law of Non-Contradiction,
dialetheism,
paraconsistency,
Aristotle,
truth,
rationality,
negation,
logic
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2005 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199263288 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2006 |
DOI:10.1093/0199263280.001.0001 |
