One

Graham Priest presents an original exploration of philosophical questions concerning <em>the one and the many</em>. He covers a wide range of issues in metaphysics--including unity identity grounding mereology universals being intentionality and nothingness--and deploys the techniques of<br>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.<br>