Episode 36: Robert van Rooij discusses vagueness
Elucidations15 Kesä 2012

Episode 36: Robert van Rooij discusses vagueness

In this episode, Robert van Rooij talks about a paradox that arises when you try to decide exactly how many millimeters high someone has to be in order to count as tall.

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Episode 98: Jennifer Lackey discusses credibility

Episode 98: Jennifer Lackey discusses credibility

In this episode, Jennifer Lackey discusses both how you can get things factually wrong and do something morally wrong by trusting people more than they deserve to be trusted. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

17 Heinä 201732min

Episode 97: Meghan Sullivan discusses time biases

Episode 97: Meghan Sullivan discusses time biases

In this episode, Meghan Sullivan argues that if it's irrational to sacrifice long-term benefits for short-term gain, then it's also irrational to prefer for bad experiences to have already happened. H...

11 Kesä 201755min

Episode 96: Nic Koziolek discusses the role of belief in reasoning

Episode 96: Nic Koziolek discusses the role of belief in reasoning

In this episode, Nic Koziolek offers an account of what thought, belief, and reasoning are in terms of what knowledge is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Touko 201741min

Episode 95: Zed Adams discusses the genealogy of color

Episode 95: Zed Adams discusses the genealogy of color

In this episode, Zed Adams argues that philosophers are in an irresolvable debate about whether colors are real because they inherited multiple conflicting conceptions of what color is from previous g...

10 Huhti 201732min

Episode 94: Zsofia Zvolenszky discusses fictional names

Episode 94: Zsofia Zvolenszky discusses fictional names

In this episode, Zsofia Zvolenszky argues that names like 'Harry Potter' or 'Princess Leia' stand for non-concrete human-made artifacts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Maalis 201736min

Episode 93: Barry Lam discusses obligations after death

Episode 93: Barry Lam discusses obligations after death

In this episode, Barry Lam examines our common assumption that we should prioritize honoring the wishes of dead people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Tammi 201741min

Episode 92: Kristie Dotson discusses epistemic oppression

Episode 92: Kristie Dotson discusses epistemic oppression

In this episode, Kristie Dotson discusses how imbalances in the way we share information with each other reflect broader power imbalances between social groups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...

14 Tammi 201743min

Episode 91: Paolo Santorio discusses counterfactuals

Episode 91: Paolo Santorio discusses counterfactuals

In this episode, Paolo Santorio argues that to explain what statements like 'If A were, then B would be' mean, we need to understand them as statements about causal networks. Hosted on Acast. See acas...

23 Joulu 201635min

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