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Podcast: Anti-Hero's Journey
Episode: Dr. Graham Priest (PhD), Philosopher, Author, Master of Karate and Friendship
Description: https://www.antiherosjourney.com/
Graham Priest grew up as a working class kid in South London. He read mathematics and (and a little bit of of logic) at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He obtained his doctorate in mathematics at the London School of Economics. By that time, he had come to the conclusion that philosophy was more fun than mathematics. So, luckily, he got his first job (in 1974) in a philosophy department, as a temporary lecturer in the Department of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of St Andrews.
The first permanent job he was offered was at the Un...