Aristotle on Non-Contradiction
Abstract
Aristotle’s defence of the principle of non-contradiction has been recently criticized by
Graham Priest. I argue that Priest’s arguments do not work against the primary version
of Aristotle’s principle; Priest relies on assumptions Aristotle does not, and need not,
accept. However, I argue that Aristotle’s denial of the existence of points can be used
to criticise his defence of non-contradiction.