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87 - Frank Jackson & Graham Priest: The Philosophy of David Lewis

87 - Frank Jackson & Graham Priest: The Philosophy of David Lewis

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Frank Jackson is Emeritus Professor at the Australian National
University. He is best known for the knowledge argument and
Mary’s Room—its accompanying thought experiment—but has published
widely in the philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and
the philosophy of language. Graham Priest is a Distinguished
Professor in the philosophy department at the CUNY Graduate
Center. Like Frank, he is one of the most influential
philosophers of the past fifty years, and has done important work
on a wide range of topics, ranging from the philosophy of
mathematics to logic and eastern philosophy. In this episode,
Robinson, Frank, and Graham talk about David Lewis and his
immense legacy in the philosophical world. They cover his
character—Frank and Graham were friends with him for many
years—as well as some of his work, ranging from the thesis of
modal realism to Humean supervenience and the philosophy of set
theory. David Lewis:
⁠https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/david-lewis/⁠ Graham’s
Website: ⁠https://grahampriest.net⁠ OUTLINE 00:00 In This
Episode… 01:17 Introduction 07:54 David Lewis as a Friend and
Philosopher 24:12 Australian Philosophy 28:53 Lewisian Themes
34:30 Modal Realism 52:43 Kripke and Lewis on Possible Worlds
58:07 Making Use of Possible Worlds 01:23:29 Humean Supervenience
01:38:19 Set Theory and Mereology 01:45:19 Final Thoughts
Robinson’s Website: ⁠http://robinsonerhardt.com⁠ Robinson Erhardt
researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at
Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers,
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