What the Hell Would a Philosopher Have to Do?

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The Apple philosopher right now before you find a way for him to have an accident is Joshua Cohen. And he wanted to give an interview but was not permitted to. What do you think goes on? That's the other thing is so we don't have any idea what goes on and there was this... Apparently Quartz was this website, right? They've been trying to do this for two years.

David and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth? When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything without enough evidence? What about beliefs that we can't be agnostic about? Are there hypotheses that we have to believe in order for them to come true? Does James successfully demonstrate that faith can be rational?

Plus, a philosopher at Apple who's not allowed to talk to the media - what are they hiding? And why are academics constantly telling students that academia is a nightmare?

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