Timothy Williamson: The Logician Who Says Vagueness Has Exact Answers

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Episode: Timothy Williamson: The Logician Who Says Vagueness Has Exact Answers
Release date: 2026-01-13

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Timothy Williamson (Oxford) challenges modal logic, epistemic possibility, and the nature of philosophical knowledge.

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TIMESTAMPS:
- 00:00:00 - Vagueness & Sorites Paradox
- 00:07:12 - Identity, Physicalism, Non-Physicals
- 00:22:30 - Realism vs. Anti-Realism
- 00:29:50 - The Problem of Skepticism
- 00:35:40 - Cognitive Heuristics & Doubt
- 00:43:00 - Solipsism's Appeal & Pitfalls
- 00:50:00 - Solipsism: A Critique
- 00:57:30 - Pluralism & Consciousness
- 01:06:00 - AI, Mental States, Ontology
- 01:15:50 - Mind, Knowledge, Meaning
- 01:26:00 - Philosophical Heuristics
- 01:32:00 - Counterfactuals & Logic
- 01:38:00 - Personal Philosophy

LINKS MENTIONED:
- Overfitting and Heuristics in Philosophy [Book]: https://www.amazon.com/Overfitting-Heuristics-Philosophy-Rutgers-Lectures/dp/0197779212
- Timothy Williamson's Published Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IH-44VwAAAAJ&hl=en
- Sorites Paradox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/
- Philosophical Investigations [Book]: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophical-Investigations-Ludwig-Wittgenstein/dp/0631205691
- I Do Not Exist [Paper]: https://academic.oup.com/book/53296/chapter-abstract/422023005
- O'Shaughnessy Ventures: https://www.osv.llc/
- Barry Loewer & Eddy Chen [TOE]: https://youtu.be/xZnafO__IZ0
- Bas Van Fraassen [TOE]: https://youtu.be/lhpRAWxvY5s
- Matthew Segall [TOE]: https://youtu.be/DeTm4fSXpbM
- Jennifer Nagel [TOE]: https://youtu.be/CWZVMZ9Tm7Q
- Leo Gura [TOE]: https://youtu.be/YspFR9JAq3w
- Iain McGilchrist [TOE]: https://youtu.be/M-SgOwc6Pe4
- The Consciousness Iceberg [TOE]: https://youtu.be/65yjqIDghEk
- Karl Friston [TOE]: https://youtu.be/uk4NZorRjCo
- Geoffrey Hinton [TOE]: https://youtu.be/b_DUft-BdIE
- Elan Barenholtz [TOE]: https://youtu.be/A36OumnSrWY
- Ben Goertzel & Joscha Bach [TOE]: https://youtu.be/xw7omaQ8SgA
- Claudia de Rham [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Ve_Mpd6dGv8
- Stephen Wolfram [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0YRlQQw0d-4
- Elan Barenholtz & Will Hahn [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Ca_RbPXraDE
- Greg Kondrak [TOE]: https://youtu.be/FFW14zSYiFY
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