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Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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History That Doesn't Suck

Wittgenstein considered the idea that no one has ever been to the moon. The physics didn't support it, but engineering did and now we've gone there. Wittgenstein was trying to give an obvious Mauryan proposition. He also asked if people on Earth have existed for thousands of years before us.

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