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Feb 2023
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Ep. 310: Wittgenstein On World-Pictures ...

Mark Linsenmayer, Wes Alwan, Seth Paskin, Dylan Casey
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Concluding our discussion of On Certainty, with guest Chris Heath.

We try one last time to get a handle on Wittgenstein's philosophy of science. How do people actually change their minds about fundamental beliefs?

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