ABSTRACT
In this interview, Professor Priest offers a systematic overview of his most recent reflections on the nature, function and boundaries of logic, focusing squarely on such core issues as the choice and justification of logical theories and the debate between logical monism and pluralism. Priest responds to Timothy Williamson and others’ recent challenges concerning the subject of logic, and to prevailing philosophical views about alleged divergences between Eastern and Western traditions of logic. He emphasises that (i) although he and Williamson share certain methodological commitments, they nonetheless part ways substantively when it comes to the concrete choice of logical theory and its path of justification; (ii) even though ‘applied logic’ takes on diverse forms, there is only one truly correct logic; and (iii) from the perspective of cross-cultural dialogue, the origins and development of logic cannot be confined to any single tradition, but rather arise from the convergence and mutual ad- vancement of multiple civilisations in both East and West.