Graham Priest: Can Something Be Both True and False? Logic, Paradoxes & Truth | S7EP6

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Graham Priest is one of the world’s leading philosophers of logic. He is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center and also holds positions at the University of Melbourne and University of St Andrews. Priest is best known for developing dialetheism, the controversial philosophical view that some contradictions can actually be true. His work has had a major influence on modern logic, the philosophy of mathematics, and metaphysics. He is also a leading figure in paraconsistent logic, a field that studies logical systems capable of handling contradictions without collapsing into triviality. He has written numerous influential books including In Contradiction, Beyond the Limits of Thought, and Logic: A Very Short Introduction. His work also explores connections between Western philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, paradoxes, and the limits of human reasoning. Subscribe to Youtube: www.youtube.com/@InspireUsPodcast Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4WAeOo2e2Xf6qOFD1ZagXF?si=c9aeead4dc6847f9 Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inspire-us-podcast/id1732848248 Follow us on social media: X: https://x.com/InspireUsPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspireuspodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@inspireuspodcast Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 01:56 — Graham Priest’s Journey on becoming a Logic philosopher 04:24 — Aristotle was wrong? The law of non-contradiction 07:48 — The Liar Paradox explained (“This sentence is false”) 12:00 — What counts as progress in philosophy? 19:20 — God: strongest argument against (problem of evil) 22:20 — Buddhism vs religion: why Priest’s interested 29:43 — “Western vs Eastern philosophy” is a false split 34:11 — Best beginner philosophy books (Very Short Introductions) 40:14 — Ethics 101: why is lying wrong? 45:40 — What logic actually studies (deduction vs inference) 51:28 — Are humans rational? What makes us distinct 59:14 — Morality without God + why ethics matters 01:04:02 — AI: how it works, hallucinations, and over-trusting it 0