Episode 65: Philocalypse Now

Very Bad Wizards · Apr 6, 2015 · 1h 19m

Holy crap, it's the apocalypse!!!!

...for philosophy. Maybe. Has this 2500 year old discipline become too technical, too disconnected from the real world? Is it just a handmaiden to the sciences? (Which would make Tamler Dave's handmaiden.) And what the hell is conceptual analysis? Plus, a short excerpt of Tamler's interview with Simon Blackburn, and definitive proof that worms have free will (sorry Sam). And only one more week to buy our t-shirt!

Links

Free Will? Analysis of worm neurons suggest how a single stimulus can trigger different responses [sciencedaily.com]

Strawson, P. F. (1962)…