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The gamma paradoxes : an analysis of the fourth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics
- Title
- The gamma paradoxes : an analysis of the fourth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics / Jeremy Kirby.
- Author
- Kirby, Jeremy
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
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- Description
- xiii, 173 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In the fourth book, Book Gamma, of his Metaphysics, Aristotle treats the nature and range of science, outlines an approach to ontology, formulates and defends first principles, articulates an influential conception of truth, and defends his views against his relativist contemporaries. In The Gamma Paradoxes, Jeremy Kirby analyzes Book Gamma and introduces debates - or paradoxes - such as relativism versus the idea of a ready-made world, the possibility of true contradictions, the nature and possibility of metaphysics, and the limits of thought and logic. These paradoxes raise issues of contemporary interest: the which may be known a priori; the relationship between mind, language, and world; and, inter alia, the values of logic. Book Gamma is the mise-en-scène for Aristotle's investigation into the perennial question, the nature of substance, and the denouement, as unmoved mover"--Back cover.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The science of being -- Contradictions -- Truth, being, and perspective -- Appendix A : Aristotle and the Liar Paradox -- Afterword : the Gamma paradoxes.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-6970
- ISBN
- 9781498540360
- 1498540368
- LCCN
- 2018012297
- OCLC
- 1023600939
- Author
- Kirby, Jeremy, author.
- Title
- The gamma paradoxes : an analysis of the fourth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics / Jeremy Kirby.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-6970