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.