
Episode 15: The Burning Bridges Episode (Pt. 1)
Very Bad Wizards
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What Is Philosophy?
Oxford philosopher Peter Hacker wrote an article about what philosophy is. He says, we must challenge the thought that philosophy aims to contribute to human knowledge of the world. The characteristic feature of philosophical problems is their non-impirical a priori character. No scientific experiment can settle whether the mind is the brain or if trees falling on uninhabited desert islands make any noise.
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