Research Catalog

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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Details

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

• Aristotle
• Metaphysics (Aristotle)
• Metaphysics
• Paradox
• Contradiction

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