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Graham Priest
Areas of public interest: (examples of areas of public interest this person is qualified to comment on)
Asian Philosophy; Buddhism; Confucianism; Contradiction; Martial Arts; Mathematics; Paradox; Philosophy; Philosophy and Society; Philosophy today; Zen
Contact Details:
Ph: wk (+61 3) 8344 7118
email: g.priest@unimelb.edu.au
University of Melbourne
VIC. 3010.
Title & Institutional Affiliations:
Professor, School of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
Selected Media appearances and public comments:
Philosophy: Where to now?, The Philosopher's Zone, ABC Radio National, 17 February 2007
A Philosopher Looks at Buddhism, The Philosopher's Zone, ABC Radio National, 19 August 2006
'The Nature of Philosophy and it's Place in the University', University of Queensland Press, 1991. Inaugural lecture delivered at the University of Queensland, 18 October 1989.
Graham Priest's wikipedia page
General Areas of Academic Expertise:
Logic; Metaphysics; History of Philosophy (East and West)
Selected Publications:
'Zen and the art of Harley riding', Harley-Davidson and Philosophy, B.E. Rollin, C.M. Gray, K. Mommer and C. Pineo eds, Vol. 18 Popular Culture and Philosophy Series, Open Court Books, 2006
'What is Philosophy?', Philosophy, Vol. 81, Issue 316, pp. 189-208, 2006
'Where is philosophy at the start of the twenty-first Century?', Aristotelean Society, Proceedings, Supplementary Volume, CIII, Blackwell, pp. 85-100, 2003
Beyond the Limits of Thought, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2003
'Sexual Peversion', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 75, pp. 360-72, 1997
Graham is currently working on a publication (with Damon Young) on Philosophy and the Martial Arts for Open Court's Popular Culture and Philosophy Series.

Further information about Graham and his research, including a list of publications
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