Graham Priest

Graham Priest
Full name Graham Priest
Born 1948
Era Contemporary philosophy,
Region Western Philosophy
School Analytic philosophy
Main interests Logic
Notable ideas Dialetheism

Graham Priest[1] (born 1948, London) is Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, as well as a regular visitor at St. Andrews University. Priest is a fellow in residence at Ormond College. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics. His thesis advisor was John Lane Bell.

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He is known for his defense of dialetheism, his in-depth analyses of the logical paradoxes,[2] and his many writings related to paraconsistent and other non-classical logics.

Priest, a long-time resident of Australia, 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.

In addition to his work in philosophy and logic, Priest practices Karate-do. He is 3rd Dan, International Karate-do Shobukai; 4th Dan, Shi’to Ryu, and an Australian National Kumite Referee and Kata Judge.

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References

  1. ^ Graham Priest's University of Melbourne homepage; Priest's CUNY Graduate Center homepage and Priest's St. Andrews homepage
  2. ^ He holds the thesis, that there is a uniform treatment for many well-known paradoxes, such as the semantic, set-theoretic and Liar paradoxes.

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