60. Jonathan Schaffer | Metaphysics, Epistemology

Jonathan Schaffer is an American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and also working in epistemology, mind, and language.

00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Cosmos as fundamental
03:18 - Fundamental laws
05:24 - Why privilege physics?
08:40 - Grounding relation as primitive
11:09 - Primitives as a theoretical cost
12:30 - Communicating primitives
18:19 - Concept development
21:50 - Jessica Wilson's view
30:28 - Losing structure with fundamental-first account
32:52 - Is the dispute substantive?
37:27 - Skepticism about metaphysics
42:24 - John Heil's criticism
47:13 - Ground between the gaps
48:55 - Mind and brain
51:22 - Further gaps?
55:22 - Epistemic contextualism
1:00:55 - How relevant are common intuitions?
1:05:00 - Problems with common usage
1:08:31 - "Causation" as context-sensitive
1:13:50 - View not metaphysical?
1:16:54 - Value of philosophy
1:19:00 - Conclusion

[iamFilos]

One of the best philosophers of this generation. :)

[Friction]

I apologize for the poor audio quality (on my end) - recorded on Zoom and had the wrong mic selected. Also, future interviews will include video of both myself and the guest.

[DarrenMcStravick]

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[zeke]

Really enjoying the new interview format

[m]

informative . thanks .

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