Graham Priest

Professor of Philosophy and author, Graham Priest, joins Breht to discuss his latest book Capitalism - it's Nature and Replacement: Buddhist and Marxist Insights. Together, they discuss the problems of capitalism, the utter necessity of its transcendence, what Marxism can offer Buddhism, what Buddhism can offer Marxism, and how insights from both traditions can compliment and strengthen one another in the fight against instutionalized greed, hate, and delusion (aka capitalism, imperialism, and ideology)! Learn more about Graham Priest here: https://grahampriest.net/ Check out Kevin's interview with Graham over at Sensible Socialist: https://sensiblesocialist.com/2022/10/18/the-synthesis-of-marxism-and-buddhism/ Outro music "Banquet" by Bloc Party Support Rev Left Radio: https://www.patreon.com/RevLeftRadio

What is the nature of the self? What is reality? How should we live? These are fundamental philosophical questions. Graham Priest discusses how such questions have been discussed in the Buddhist tradition for this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast.

Explore the world of paradoxes and paraconsistent logic with a philosopher and logician as they discuss how statements can be both true and false, unravel the mysteries of the barber paradox, and delve into the evolution of thoughts on infinitude in mathematics. Discover how paraconsistent logic can navigate contradictions in mathematics, and get book recommendations for philosophical insights and logic.

Graham Priest, expert in non-classical logic, discusses the connection between logic and Buddhism. Topics include the influence of Buddhist patterns of reasoning, the exploration of Asian philosophies, the evolution from classical to non-classical logic, the emphasis on epistemology in ancient Buddhist logic, the principle of non-contradiction in Western philosophy, and Nagarjuna's Tetralemma in Buddhist philosophy.

Joel David Hamkins and Graham Priest discuss the liar paradox and set-theoretic multiverse. They explore logical pluralism, paraconsistent logic, mathematical pluralism, and metaphysical implications. Delve into truth assertions, T-schema, and different logics for mathematical reasoning. Debate the nature of existence of physical objects vs. abstract entities and the evolution of mathematics over time.