The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Episode 8: Wittgenstein’s Tractatus (and Carnap): What Can We Legitimately Talk About?

Sep 4, 2009
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
The Morality of Mental State
04:29 • 3min
3
The Relationship Between Carnap and Verifiability in Philosophy
07:36 • 2min
4
The Problem With Philosophical Activity
09:58 • 3min
5
The Metaphysical Proposition of Everything Is Water
12:44 • 2min
6
The Importance of Defining Science
15:03 • 2min
7
The Importance of Causality in Science
17:04 • 2min
8
The Problem With Causality
19:34 • 2min
9
The Importance of Time and Space
21:26 • 2min
10
The Law of Causation
23:28 • 6min
11
The Importance of Causality
29:14 • 3min
12
The Problem With Causality
32:27 • 3min
13
The Fundamental Relationship Between Propositions
35:03 • 2min
14
The Logicalization of Math
36:36 • 4min
15
The Importance of Probability in Science
40:16 • 3min
16
The Problem With Probability
43:04 • 3min
17
The Law of Gravity
46:05 • 4min
18
The Collapse of the Verificationist Principle
49:55 • 3min
19
The Hume-Con Problem in Science
53:12 • 3min
20
Kinschtaam's Law of Physics
56:15 • 3min
21
The Illusion of Natural Laws
59:15 • 2min
22
The Metaphysician's View of Ethics
01:01:11 • 3min
23
The Importance of Second Order Language
01:04:01 • 2min
24
The Problem With Verificationism
01:05:35 • 4min
25
The Limits of the World
01:09:51 • 2min
26
The Limits of Skepticism
01:11:50 • 2min
27
The Nonsensical Question of Life
01:14:06 • 2min
28
The Perfect Method for Building a Cult
01:16:08 • 5min
29
The Problem of Evil
01:21:26 • 2min
30
The Importance of Grammar in Language
01:23:07 • 3min
31
The Limits of the World
01:25:57 • 2min
32
The Outsideness of Our Experiences
01:28:03 • 2min
33
Wittgenstein's Asshole
01:29:53 • 4min
34
The Importance of Jeremy Bentham
01:34:04 • 4min