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123 - Paul Boghossian: The Sokal Hoax, The A Priori, and Moral Facts
1 hour 19 minutes Posted Aug 4, 2023 at 4:00 pm.
In This Episode…
Introduction
Physics and Philosophy
The Sokal Hoax
Distinguishing the A Priori and A Posteriori
Does The A Priori/A Posteriori Distinction Hold Water?
Clarifying the Distinction
Debating the A Priori with Timothy Williamson
Are There Moral Facts?
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Paul Boghossian is Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University, where he is also Chair of the Philosophy Department. Paul has worked in a wide variety of areas within philosophy, including epistemology and the philosophy of language, mind, and logic respectively. Robinson and Paul discuss the sociological relationship between physics and philosophy, the Sokal Hoax, philosophy in public life, the role of the a priori and a posteriori distinction in metaphysics, logic, and epistemology, and the nature of moral facts. For more detail on the latter, check out Paul’s book with Timothy Williamson, Debating The A Priori (Oxford, 2020).
Debating The A Priori: https://a.co/d/diNADPx
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