In his paper, jay used the greek letter fi to stand for any kind of action. He wanted to argue that if you have a good reason to do something, other people have a reason not to interfere. But when he gave the talk, i read it as my reasons to p are reasons for other people not to interfere with my peing. In that caseis actually, and there was, you know, understandable, kind of widespread, kind of sniggering in the audience. Two of the most senior and eminent members of the department, well, they got the giggles. David lewis never asked his questionfriday talks at princeton start around four p m
David Lewis was one of the greatest minds of the 20th century, who few outside of academia know much about. By the time of his death in 2001, he was the greatest systematic thinker in metaphysics since the Enlightenment. In Part 1 of a four-part series, we follow his journey from sick little boy in Oberlin, Ohio to teenager learning about free will from Iris Murdoch. We accompany the story of his early life with his theory of time, time travel, and the self. Guest voices include R. Jay Wallace, Mark Schroeder, Steffi Lewis, Donald Lewis, Ellen Lewis, Alan Hajek, John Bigelow, and Meghan Sullivan.
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