Graham Priest: Logic, Nothingness, Paradoxes, Truth, Eastern Philosophy, Metaphysics

Curt Jaimungal and Graham Priest sit down to discuss various philosophical themes including the nature of truth, logic and paradoxes, the philosophy of mathematics, concepts of nothingness and existence, and the influence of Eastern philosophy on Western logical traditions.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Zeno
06:32 - Types of Paradoxes
11:23 - Definition of Logic
17:00 - What is Truth?
24:03 - Classical Logic / Intuitionism
33:19 - Curt’s Demonstration
39:48 - Classical Logic / Intuitionism (continued)
42:06 - Liar’s Paradox
45:27 - How is Proof by Contradiction Possible?
01:00:20 - The Logic And Time Connection
01:10:15 - Supervenience and Ontological Dependence
01:14:15 - What is Nothingness?
01:17:32 - What is Everything?
01:29:55 - Non-thingness, Non-existence, Non-beingness
01:35:56 - Eastern Philosophy
01:43:12 - Anand Vaidya’s Question
01:47:46 - Paradoxes Graham Thinks About
01:54:10 - Outro

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Zeno
06:32 - Types of Paradoxes
11:23 - Definition of Logic
17:00 - What is Truth?
24:03 - Classical Logic / Intuitionism
33:19 - Curt’s Demonstration
39:48 - Classical Logic / Intuitionism (continued)
42:06 - Liar’s Paradox
45:27 - How is Proof by Contradiction Possible?
01:00:20 - The Logic And Time Connection
01:10:15 - Supervenience and Ontological Dependence
01:14: 15 - What is Nothingness?
01:17:32 - What is Everything?
01:29:55 - Non-thingness, Non-existence, Non-beingness
01:35:56 - Eastern Philosophy
01:43:12 - Anand Vaidya’s Question
01:47:46 - Paradoxes Graham Thinks About
01:54:10 - Outro

[thechosenmortal]

I’ll be candid.
I appreciate your work.

[Raynaputi]

Kurt, I've been obsessed with paradoxes all day. I haven't checked your channel in a while and this shows up on my feed.

I'm so excited for this one.

[Robinson]

Great to get this man on your show! To me he is the ultimate difficult thinker/ read! Hope to get more light shed on this stuff with this episode

[rckindkitty]

Awesome discussion! Thank you both for the viewing experience. I really appreciate the work that you do to bring us this excellent content, Curt.

[ctmulab]

Curt, I genuinely appreciate your dedication to this work, and to seeking Truth. Thank you!!

[williamjmccartan]

Graham has his shit together, obviously great work and prep for this conversation Curt, and thank you both Graham and Curt, for sharing your time and work, peace

[jmarvins]

my phd advisor got into a spat with Priest debating a specific point in buddhist logic - personally, i love to see it!

[Meditation]

Graham Priest is a great man, academic, and his approaches are really profound! A great man to have on your channel Kurt! Cudos Kurt!! ❤🙏🙏😃

[jaycobobob]

The red/blue paper was a fantastic metaphor to communicate the different types of logic, and understand what makes them different.

Keep up the good work, I love what you've been putting out recently!

[eddiepool]

Stoked to hear Christopher Langan's CTMU mentioned. Sad that Graham hadn't heard of it.

[NancePance]

The nothing that noths... I gotta rewatch this episode. Been watching this channel for a minute, this is the first time I've felt compelled to comment. Thanks man!

[metalmunkey]

I feel priviledged to have had Professor Priest as a philosophy lecturer at University. He was excellent!

[Yamikaiba]

Zeno's arrow predicted the problem in quantum mechanics: the more precisely you define a particle's position, the less precisely you can define its velocity; the more precisely you define its velocity, the less precisely you can define its position.
That's because exact position assumes zero velocity, and exact velocity assumes a particle to be in more than one place at a time:
this is a paradox only because our intuitions are incomplete. People usually have not thought deeply enough about Velocity and Position to realize that they are mutually incompatible concepts. One can only exist by the negation of the other, and hence one can only be defined precisely at the expense of the other.

[petervandenengel]

Paradox is when two sets of reasoning are both logically true/ but cannot be, because they are contradictory in the outcome, or preference.
One set is usually hidden, but emerges right after the conclusion of the first appears to be false in the light of the other one.

[a.hardin]

This is the greatest TOE podcast in recent memory. Thank you!

[dariomiric]

Graham is a great philosopher, very interesting to listen to.

[phytomene]

There is something very funny about a demonstration consisting of holding up a blank white sheet of paper to the camera

[Criss_P_Baycon]

Priest with the OG hoop earring in. What a legend

[james.sirois]

There is a supra-logical reality that is inherently paradoxical to the human mind; In philosophy it is called "para-consistent logic". For all intents and purposes, one needs to study antinomies and dialethia (2 very special types of paradox) in conjunction with the concept of superposition. All this contextualized by how consciousness perceives and conceives, one can get pretty close to using language or symbol to "prove" truth or fundamental reality.