On Ch. 4 of Lewis's book Counterfactuals (1973) and the essays “Scorekeeping in a Language Game” (1979) and “Truth in Fiction” (1978). What makes counter-factual statements true? If you think "I might have grown up in Cleveland" is true, then what thing about the world makes that "might" statement true? Or by contrast, "I might have been a round square" is not only obviously Continue Reading …
Nothing So Absurd? (Part Two)
This is the second part of a two-part series by Nicholas Joll. The first part was published last month and can be found here. 4. Everything you do is morally wrong (Adorno) Here are some things you may have noticed: Almost half the world lives in extreme poverty. Exploitation, alienation, and oppression abound. So too does stupid, conformist, and hateful thinking. You will Continue Reading …
Possible Worlds? Ask Philosophy Bro.
We derisively brought up modal logic, "possible worlds" talk, on our Frege episode, and we'll likely do an episode on that if we're still podcasting a couple of years down the road, but if you want to know a bit more now, you could look at Wikipedia here, or better yet, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Really, though, why not take the easy route and learn about David Continue Reading …