
Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures (Part Two)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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I Know Better Than You, I Know More Than You. Yeah.
Part of our psychology is valuing our being right. And so I think there's something about our psychology where when we know we understand things better than other people do, we find that gratifying and we grab a hold of it. That to me feeds directly into this skeptical argument, which is not just about doing any nanny, nanny, boo-boo on that argument. But what Vic and Stein always returns to in this is the idea that we really, in principle, could always wake up and find out that we're diluted.
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