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PREMIUM-Episode 66: Quine on Linguistic Meaning and Science

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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Wyman's Fat Man in a Doorway

Ladscape: A lot of philosophers, especially metaphysicians, are worried about cluttering the universe with too many different kinds of things. "Wyman's overpopulated universe is in many ways unlovely," Ladscape says. He goes on to say that Wyman's slum of possibilities is a breeding ground for disorderly elements and then he goes on to talk about a fat man in a doorway.

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