The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam (Rebroadcast)

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Brain in a Vat

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Thought experiments and conversations with philosophers. Hosted by Dr Jason Werbeloff and Mark Oppenheimer.

Philosophy

Society & Culture

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The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam (Rebroadcast)

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The Possible Worlds of David Lewis | Barry Lam (Rebroadcast)

What are possible worlds? Could you have been born to different parents, and could an object be both completely green and completely red? Barry Lam explains how David Lewis’s views on possible worlds can help us understand everything from time travel to the nature of who we are.