EPISODE · Oct 11, 2012 · 1H 19M
Infinity 8: Philosophical questions
from amimetobios · host Amimetobios
[Fixed: was missing audio file before] Why read Augustine if you're not religious? What philosophical questions are like. Motives to ask them: to prove that you're right, or to wonder. How they questions are better than the arguments they're for: Zeno thought he was proving there was no motion, but in fact he raised very subtle questions about motion. Why philosophy matters to people. Kinds of questions that Augustine wonders about. Math induction.
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[Fixed: was missing audio file before] Why read Augustine if you're not religious? What philosophical questions are like. Motives to ask them: to prove that you're right, or to wonder. How they questions are better than the arguments they're for: Zeno thought he was proving there was no motion, but in fact he raised very subtle questions about motion. Why philosophy matters to people. Kinds of questions that Augustine wonders about. Math induction.
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