Ep. 327: Harry Frankfurt on Bullsh*t and Authenticity (Part One)
Mark, Wes, Dylan, and Seth discuss the celebrated 1986 essay "On Bullshit." Does bullshit necessarily involve lying? Frankfurt defines it as instead indifferent to truth, though still deceptive about ...
16 Okt 202341min
PEL Presents PvI#63: Virtual Socrates w/ David Chalmers
The New York University Prof and author of many influential books including the new Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy joins Mark and Bill to simulate debates about AI, cybersex, ...
14 Okt 202358min
Ep. 326: Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part Two)
Wes, Dylan, and guest Chris Heath continue to discuss The Evolution of Agency (2022) in light of our interview with the author. We relate examples from the book of animals of various levels of complex...
9 Okt 202352min
Ep. 326: Guest Michael Tomasello on the Evolution of Agency (Part One)
On The Evolution of Agency (2022), with the author, and guest panelist Chris Heath. What is human agency? How would we determine whether an animal is a legitimate agent, as opposed to just acting auto...
2 Okt 202345min
Ep. 325: Paul Grice on Meaning and Conversation (Part Two)
Continuing on "Meaning" (1957), "Utterer's Meaning and Intentions" (1969), and "Logic and Conversation" (1975) with guest Steve Gimbell. We tie the articles together, talk more about the rules implici...
25 Sep 202356min
Ep. 325: Paul Grice on Meaning and Conversation (Part One)
On "Meaning" (1957), "Utterer's Meaning and Intentions" (1969), and "Logic and Conversation" (1975), featuring Mark, Seth, Dylan, and guest Steve Gimbell. Grice tries to give a rigorous analysis of wh...
18 Sep 202346min
PREMIUM-Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part Three)
Mark and Wes do a Closeread on the latter part of the dialogue, where Socrates argues to Cratylus that even if names (words) were devised to somehow depict the things they stand for, that wouldn't gua...
13 Sep 202311min
Ep. 324: Plato's "Cratylus" on Language (Part Two)
Continuing on Plato's mid-period dialogue about language. Is attaching a word to a thing, i.e. naming it, like other activities such as carpentry or sewing that can go wrong? Can we put the "form" of ...
11 Sep 202346min
