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43 - Eric Schwitzgebel: The Philosophical Weirdness of the World

43 - Eric Schwitzgebel: The Philosophical Weirdness of the World

Robinson's Podcast vor 3 Jahren

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Eric Schwitzgebel is a Professor of Philosophy at the University
of California Riverside. Before that, he did his undergraduate
work at Stanford, and then received his doctorate from the
University of California Berkeley. Eric has worked on an
extremely wide array of topics, ranging from Chinese philosophy
to philosophy of mind, metaphilosophy, and metaphysics. In this
conversation, however, Robinson and Eric talk about his upcoming
book on philosophy and weirdness. In particular, they discuss why
the United States might be conscious, what Kant and cyberpunk
have in common, the moral value of alien microbes, and a lot more
about garden snails than you thought you could ever find
interesting. Keep up with Eric through his blog, the Splintered
Mind, or on Twitter @eschwitz.

Outline:

00:00 Introduction

3:07 A Man of Many Interests

4:21 The Weirdness of the World

12:32 Why the United States May Be Conscious

25:50 Kant and Cyberpunk

35:22 Experimental Evidence for an External World

46:54 Are Ethicists More Ethical Than the Rest of Us?

1:04:47 What It's Like to Be a Garden Snail

1:23:07 The Moral Value of Alien Microbes

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