Two Mortals Confront One Infinite Logic | Wadcast #7

Date Published: 13.01.2023

Two brave philosophers, Alex Paseau & Owen Griffiths, scale the nature of logic. Their weapon? Reason.

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Two brave philosophers, Alex Paseau & Owen Griffiths, scale the nature of logic. Their weapon? Reason. What awaits them is singular and infinite. How did mere mortals venture so far? Join them as they detail the journey of their new book, 'One True Logic'. Along the way, discover how advances in logic influenced a technological revolution, how logic makes us better people, and what Owen thinks of Taylor's 'Midnights'.  

Alex Paseau is Professor of Mathematical Philosophy and Stuart Hampshire Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Wadham College, University of Oxford. Owen Griffiths is Associate Lecturer at University College London.

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