Priest G. Beyond the Limits of Thought

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. — 267 p.This is a philosophical investigation of the nature of the limits of thought. Drawing on recent developments in the field of logic, Graham Priest shows that the description of such limits leads to contradiction, and argues that these contradictions are in fact veridical. Beginning with an analysis of the way in which these limits arise in pre-Kantian philosophy, Priest goes on to illustrate how the nature of these limits was theorised by Kant and Hegel. He offers new interpretations of Berkeley's master argument for idealism and Kant on the antimonies. He explores the paradoxes of self reference, and provides a unified account of the structure of such paradoxes. The book concludes by tracing the theme of the limits of thought in modern philosophy of language, including discussions of the ideas of Wittgenstein and Derrida.Epigraph
Beyond The Limit
The Limits Of Thought In Pre-Kantian Philosophy
The Limits Of Expression
The Limits Of Iteration
The Limits Of Cognition
The Limits Of Conception
The Limits Of Thought In Kant And Hegel
Noumena And The Categories
Kant's Antinomies
Hegel's Infinities
Limits And The Paradoxes Of Self-Reference
Absolute Infinity
Vicious Circles
Parameterization
Sets And Classes
Technical Appendix
Language And Its Limits
The Unity Of Thought
Translation, Reference, And Truth
Consciousness, Rules, And DifféranceThe Persistence Of Inclosure