Graham Priest (born 1948) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the

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, as well as a regular visitor at the

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, where he was Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy and also at the

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Education

Priest was educated at

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and the

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. His thesis advisor was

John Lane Bell John Lane Bell (born March 25, 1945) is an Anglo-Canadian philosopher, mathematician and logician. He is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. His research includes such topics as set theory, model theor ...

. He also holds a

DLitt Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., Litt.D., Latin: ' or ') is a terminal degree in the humanities that, depending on the country, is a higher doctorate after the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree or equivalent to a higher doctorate, such as the Doctor ...

from the

.Priest's CUNY Graduate Center homepage

Philosophical work

He is known for his defence of

dialetheism Dialetheism (from Greek 'twice' and 'truth') is the view that there are statements that are both true and false. More precisely, it is the belief that there can be a true statement whose negation is also true. Such statements are called "true ...

, his in-depth analyses of the

logical paradox A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently valid reasoning from true premises, leads to a seemingly self-contradictory or a logically u ...

es (holding the thesis that there is a uniform treatment for many well-known paradoxes, such as the semantic, set-theoretic and

liar paradox In philosophy and logic, the classical liar paradox or liar's paradox or antinomy of the liar is the statement of a liar that they are lying: for instance, declaring that "I am lying". If the liar is indeed lying, then the liar is telling the truth ...

es), and his many writings related to

paraconsistent A paraconsistent logic is an attempt at a logical system to deal with contradictions in a discriminating way. Alternatively, paraconsistent logic is the subfield of logic that is concerned with studying and developing "inconsistency-tolerant" syste ...

and other

non-classical logic Non-classical logics (and sometimes alternative logics) are formal systems that differ in a significant way from standard logical systems such as propositional and predicate logic. There are several ways in which this is done, including by way of ...

s. In these he draws on the history of philosophy, including

Asian philosophy Eastern philosophy or Asian philosophy includes the various philosophies that originated in East and South Asia, including Chinese philosophy, Japanese philosophy, Korean philosophy, and Vietnamese philosophy; which are dominant in East Asia, ...

. Priest, a long-time resident of Australia, now residing in New York City, is the author of numerous books, and has published articles in nearly every major philosophical and logical journal. He was a frequent collaborator with the late Richard Sylvan, a fellow proponent of dialetheism and paraconsistent logic. Priest has also published on

metaphilosophy Metaphilosophy, sometimes called the philosophy of philosophy, is "the investigation of the nature of philosophy". Its subject matter includes the aims of philosophy, the boundaries of philosophy, and its methods. Thus, while philosophy character ...

(''Beyond the Limits of Thought'', 2002). In addition to his work in philosophy and logic, Priest practiced Karate-do. He is 3rd Dan, International Karate-do Shobukai; 4th Dan, Shi’to Ryu, and an Australian National Kumite Referee and Kata Judge. Presently, he practices Taichi.

Books

References

External links

Graham Priest personal website -- free pdfs of papers available for downloadAn in-depth autobiographical interview with Graham PriestPriest archive on the CUNY Philosophy CommonsVideo of Graham Priest & Maureen Eckert on Deviant Logic
* Rationally Speaking
Podcast of Graham Priest on Paradoxes and Paraconsistent Logic
* Arche Foundations of Logical Consequence Workshop 2009
"Is the Ternary R Depraved?"
*The Monthly
Graham priest on Gottlob Frege
*The Philosopher's Zone, 10 July 2010

*The New York Times, The Stone Blog, 28 November 2010
"Paradoxical Truth"
*Graham Priest Photograph (full NYT version
Wikimedia Sept. 2010
*Philosophy TV, 10 January 2011
Discussion of Deviant (Non-Classical) Logic, teaching logic, metafiction and logic with Maureen Eckert (UMASS Dartmouth)
*Two-Part Interview on Florida Student Philosophy Blog
Part 1 General Questions
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Part 2 Technical Questions
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