Graham Priest presents an original exploration of philosophical questions concerning the one and the many. He covers a wide range of issues in metaphysics--including unity, identity, grounding, mereology, universals, being, intentionality, and nothingness--and deploys the techniques of paraconsistent logic in order to offer a radically new treatment of unity. Priest brings together traditions of Western and Asian thought that are usually kept separate in academic philosophy: he draws on ideas from Plato, Heidegger, and Nagarjuna, among other philosophers.
By:
Graham Priest
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9780198776949
ISBN 10: 0198776942
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 June 2016
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface: What One Needs to Know Part I: Unity 1: Gluons and their Wicked Ways 2: Identity and Gluons 3: Form, Universals, and Instantiation 4: Being and Nothing 5: A Case of Mistaken Identity Part II: In Plato's Trajectory 6: Enter Parmenides: Mereological Sums 7: Problems with the Forms--and their Solutions 8: The One--and the Others 9: In Search of Falsity 10: Perception, Intentionality, and Representation Part III: Buddhist Themes 11: Absence of Self, and the Net of Indra 12: Embracing the Groundlessness of Things 13: The World, Language, and their Limits 14: Peace of Mind 15: Compassion Bibliography Index
Graham Priest was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, and the London School of Economics. He has held professorial positions at a number of universities in Australia, the UK, and the USA. He is well known for his work on non-classical logic, and its application to metaphysics and the history of philosophy.
Reviews for One
If you are looking for a book doing something genuinely innovative, doing it with rigor, clarity, and a deep sensitivity to the breadth of philosophical tradition, then One is one for you. Jason Turner, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online
