Beyond the Limits of Thought

"This is a philosophical investigation of the nature and 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 theorized by Kant and Hegel. He offers new interpretations of Berkeley's master argument for idealism and Kant on the antinomies. He explores the paradoxes of self-reference and provides a unified account of the structure of such paradoxes. The book goes on to trace the theme of the limits of thought in modern philosophy of language, including discussions of the ideas of Wittgenstein and Derrida." "This second and extended edition includes new chapters on Heidegger and Nagarjuna as well as reflections on reactions to the first edition."--BOOK JACKET.