Scott Soames is a professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California.

His website: https://dornsife.usc.edu/scottsoames/

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Outline

00:34 - What Is Meaning?

05:10 - How Do Words Refer To Things?

10:37 - Language And Logic

19:06 - Relativity Of Truth

22:26 - Truth Without Humans

24:00 - Possible Worlds Semantics

36:14 - Kripke's Contribution To Philosophy Of Language

42:02 - Soames' Cognitive Content

48:40 - Consequences Of Soames' View: Propositions

54:18 - Living Philosophically

59:19 - What Are The Limits Of Language?

01:14:32 - Are You Scared Of Not Finding Answers?

01:15:50 - Mental Changes To Embrace New Views

01:19:35 - Lack Of Experimental Validation In Philosophy

01:21:22 - Technology And Philosophy

01:24:20 - Most Pressing Philosophical Issue

01:26:11 - Which Philosopher Best Understood The Human Condition?

01:32:36 - Does Pursuing Philosophy Make You A Better Person?

01:34:00 - Final Questions and Conclusion

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John is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. You can find his website here: https://publish.uwo.ca/~jbell/

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Outline

00:41 - John's introduction

08:35 - Is The Universe Mathematical in Nature?

25:50 - Limitations of Language in Philosophical Enquiries

31:20 - Mathematical Constructivism

41:07 - Implications of Constructivism and Intuitionist Logic

48:54 - Nature of Mathematical Truths

01:05:45 - The Axiom of Choice

01:37:20 - The Nature of The Continuum

01:50:43 - Relationship between Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy

02:03:14 - The Nature of Consciousness

02:23:03 - 1000-years After- Nap Question

02:29:00 - Conclusion

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Thomas is a professor of Physics at KU Leuven (https://shorturl.at/IVa8S).

He's on Twitter: https://x.com/ThomasVanRiet2

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Outline

00:24 - General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

11:50 - String Theory

21:41 - Singularities in String Theory

37:47 - Extra Dimensions in String Theory

48:30 - The Landscape and The Swampland

58:36 - Fine Tuning of the Universe

01:16:20 - The Most Beautiful Concept in Physics

01:20:00 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion

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