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Published · transcript-backedLikes Wittgenstein.
23 Apr 2025 Conversations with Tyler Chris Dixon on Blockchains, AI, and the Future of the Internet
“He might be the sharpest philosopher, but I like the book on Wittgenstein better.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 23 Apr 2025
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…Amazing. I watched all of his videos. This guy, Michael Sugrue, was a Princeton professor — great videos on continental philosophy. I’ve been reading — it sounds pretentious; I’m not saying I understand this or I’m an expert on it, but I’m struggling in reading it. I’m trying to read Being and Time right now — Heidegger. I really like Kripke. I follow Kripke. I liked his books a lot. Nelson Goodman was one of my favorites. Funny enough, I just bought it again — Fact, Fiction, and Forecast. Kripke — Naming and Necessity is his legendary book on reference and language. I’ve never been persuaded by that one. It always felt like sleight of hand to me. He’s very, very smart. He might be the sharpest philosopher, but I like the book on Wittgenstein better. He basically invented modal logic. I don’t know if you know that story. He was in high school, something.…
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