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Anand Vaidya: Vedic Philosophy, Epistemology, Counterfactuals

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

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Exploring Knowledge and Causation in Platonic Philosophy

This chapter examines the philosophical complexities of knowledge, focusing on Platonic objects and their lack of causal links. It raises critical questions about the intersection of metaphysics, epistemology, and semantics in mathematics and modality, challenging traditional views on how we understand knowledge.

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YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BPLcuHnS_A

This is a banger. Prof. Anand Vaidya of philosophy specializes in Vedic philosophy, epistemology, and we talk about God, free will, mathematics, Kripke, and even the ego as both an illusion and real.

NOTE: The perspectives expressed by guests don't necessarily mirror my own. There's a versicolored arrangement of people on TOE, each harboring distinct viewpoints, as part of my endeavor to understand the perspectives that exist.

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- On Certification (Anand Vaidya): https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/5/article/89...