Graham Priest
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Graham Priest is a prominent contemporary philosopher and logician best known for his work on non-classical logics, especially dialetheism, and his influential analyses of logical paradoxes.
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| Graham Priest canonical | 7 |
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academic
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author ⓘ contemporary philosopher ⓘ logician ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
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20th-century philosophy
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21st-century philosophy ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
University of London ⓘ |
| citizenship | Australian ⓘ |
| employer |
CUNY Graduate Center
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University of Melbourne ⓘ The University of Queensland ⓘ
surface form:
University of Queensland
University of St Andrews ⓘ |
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Buddhist philosophy
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ non-classical logic ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of logic ⓘ |
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glut theory of truth
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logic of paradox ⓘ routley star semantics ⓘ true contradictions ⓘ |
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Buddhist metaphysics
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inconsistency ⓘ logical consequence ⓘ metaphysical limits ⓘ philosophy of mathematics ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buddhist logic
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G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
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Hegel
paraconsistent logicians ⓘ |
| knownFor |
An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic
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Beyond the Limits of Thought ⓘ In Contradiction ⓘ Logic: A Very Short Introduction ⓘ One ⓘ applications of paraconsistent logic ⓘ defense of true contradictions ⓘ dialetheism ⓘ non-classical logics ⓘ paraconsistent logic ⓘ work on logical paradoxes ⓘ work on semantic paradoxes ⓘ work on set-theoretic paradoxes ⓘ work on the Liar paradox ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
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An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic
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Beyond the Limits of Thought ⓘ In Contradiction ⓘ Logic: A Very Short Introduction ⓘ the One ⓘ
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One
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| philosophicalPosition |
dialetheism
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non-classical logic pluralism ⓘ paraconsistentism ⓘ views influenced by Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
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Boyce Gibson Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center ⓘ |
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