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2 Jun 2021 Conversations with Tyler David Deutsch on Multiple Worlds and Our Place in Them
“I think in philosophy, especially the human philosophy, as opposed to philosophy of science, I think all I’ve done is just add some footnotes to Popper and to a few other people, J.”
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- David Deutsch
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- belief
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- 2 Jun 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…You have a method for extending it to physics — metaphysics — that they really do not. Whether or not one agrees with you (putting that aside), you seem to take it much further, in a way that attempts maximum consistency, right? That’s true. Consistency, yes. I’m not sure about much further. I think it’s simply a matter of taking it further where it goes. I think in philosophy, especially the human philosophy, as opposed to philosophy of science, I think all I’ve done is just add some footnotes to Popper and to a few other people, J. S. Mill and so on. If it leads to something that you think is momentous, that thing was already there. Why is William Godwin underrated?…
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