Brain in a Vat Do You Live in a Simulation? With Kenny Pearce
Jun 21, 2020
In this podcast, Kenny Pearce, author of 'Language and the Structure of Berkeley's World' and 'Idealism', discusses various philosophical topics including the simulation argument, deception in reality, constructing language and meaning, moral obligations towards simulated beings, and the possibility of living in a simulation. They also explore the concept of God as the perceiver and generator of reality.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
Deception and the Reality
04:34 • 6min
The Probabilistic Account and the Indifference Principle
10:09 • 13min
Constructing Language and Meaning
23:34 • 6min
The Difference Between Delusions, Dreams, and the Matrix
30:00 • 2min
Moral Obligations Towards Simulated Beings
31:43 • 24min
Exploring God as the Perceiver, Life and Consciousness, and the Possibility of Being in a Simulation
55:51 • 2min