Metaphysics (AP):
Talk about being out of shape—I went to freeze and pulled a muscle.
Then there’s the set of this eraser, this chalkholder, and Josh’s left nostril. Now, it’s not a set of creepy things… though there is one creepy thing… the chalkholder! Have you ever seen a shade of green like this in nature?
Shannon: “Over and over and over again, you’re doomed to eat the same damn fruitcake!”
Whatev….
We still have a couple thousand years to wait for the results. Well, Dan has solved it, but the rest of us have to wait.
Leave “yadda yaddas” out of philosophical arguments—they can be translated in different ways.
You’re circling like vultures… wait until I’m dead, all right?
You can’t go 6, 8, 7, 14… and get a right answer on your quiz….
Your grandfather survives, marries your grandmother, gives birth to your parents… well, hopefully not both of them.
A grown-up you just pops into existence, gun in hand, asking, “Where’s Grandpa?”
Damn Van Damme! Forget him!
Shea: “Every breath he takes, every movement he makes—” AP: “He’ll be watching himself.”
Let’s move on to Lewis. Well, if time travel was possible, we could do that.
Jesus actually had a jetski and that’s how he walked on water?
Two Siamese twins can share a liver… why do you always laugh at these examples?
In general, you should avoid believing in anything abstract or universal unless you absolutely have to.
That was very bad. [Speaking into recorder in pocket] Ignore that last thirty seconds.
Was that just a way to try and impress me?
Gills are necessary for a snapper.
Let’s say that this chalkholder can be the cause of something… like that black-and-blue mark on Matt Beason’s forehead….
Pessin’s burping is occasionally followed by lighting, depending on what I ate.
Every stupid little error is like a nail in my heart.
Stone warming does not have the power to make the sun shine.
Mackie’s coming up from the grave….
“Damn, it was poisoned and I’m dying of thirst” is different than “Damn, the can was empty and I’m dying of thirst.”
Bunzl is Mackie coming back from the grave to defend himself.
Jaeg Kim, also known as Jaggity Jag to Philosophy graduate students….
Do I amuse you? Am I a clown to you?
You only need one counterexample to sink a theory.
Ehring thinks he’s come up with a very technical counterexample to Bunzl and Bunzl says, “No, you’re a smartass, you’re wrong.”
You’re saying, “Someone’s raised an objection to P, so let us never speak of P again.”
I should’ve practiced my dead cat drawing.
What Dan was getting at but not yet able to articulate….
What’s being sought after is the “oomph” factor.
I have the feeling this doesn’t have enough “oomph.”
Bad reasoning, I will happily mark wrong.
Causation, free will, and modality are the same three sides of a three-sided coin.
“consciousnessness”—Clearly I was lacking when I wrote that….
Think about your favorite thing you did recently. I won’t ask for personal examples.
Dan: “Wow, I’m fat. I wish I didn’t have this desire.”
That seems like a hard road to hoe.
I could be wrong. It rarely happens, but I could be.
They’re related by virtue of ice cream, I don’t know….
Josh: “There is no free will, you just use it as an excuse to hold people morally responsible… or beat them.”
So we’re not talking about the fact that you picked your nose last week, that’s not part of this causal chain.
That’s my worry. I invite you to share that worry.
Then all the infinite choices are made instantaneously. That’s productivity!
Hegel can go suck an egg. Well, at least he was able to suck an egg—what’s so controversial about that?
It sounds like there’s something right in there….
That’s a big problem in college these days, having control over your brain states.
Dan: “Can I add one more sentence?” AP: “No.”
Beat him a couple times and even lazy Tommy would do it.
We should’ve cancelled class today, your head’s about to explode?
Guys, feel free to come in with a tie. Girls, come in… whatever.
Suppose you’re addicted to rationality….
How would Frankfurt jive with Smart and Ayer?
Dennett is very fuzzy. I like to think of him as a great big fuzzball.
We have opened up to Matt Sullivan’s… it’s illegible. Very clever….
That was a very pragmatically foolish thing to say.
“I will not drink as much, I will study more metaphysics.” Maybe that could drive you to drink, I don’t know….
Who says philosophy won’t make you rich? All of you should say that after reading this article.
God would tell you, “Take both boxes, don’t be a fool!”
Science is just a big luck-fest.
You’re out of one frying pan into another frying pan.
You can’t walk outta here with either induction or deduction screwed.
He’s letting you know that he knows something you don’t know.
This is my terminology. I don’t know why it’s not universal. Maybe because I haven’t told anyone about it.
That’s a pretty spastic diamond.
Chop off his legs… I keep coming back to that example for some reason.
The universe could’ve started a little to the left of where it did… whatever that means.
Hume and Ayer… Hume’n’Ayer… Human error… Hmmm….
Abstract entities suck.
This position is insane, but the only way to avoid it is to believe something slightly more insane. Either way, insanity will reign at the end of this.
I think Kripke plays the part of the guy in the light beer commercial who comes in and says, “Tastes great, less filling,” then leaves as everyone gets into a fight about it.
Let’s talk about our favorite metaphysical things. Is that an empty set for some of you?
Are my pants green? I can never tell.
Reduce all modal talk to non-modal talk and life gets good again.
Here’s Will in World 1, that’s us. Yaaay, World 1. World 1 rules.
We’ll talk later about what the “good buddy relationship” is here.
A lot of you are struggling to talk the talk.
It’s possible that Colin could be alert today, but that doesn’t obtain.
It’s a hard question to answer. That’s why Plato gets screwed trying to answer it.
AP: “What are you thinking about when you think about a possible world with nothing?” Shea: “I mean, just, like, nothing!” AP: “Ohhhh!”
Oh, you know me. I never give D’s on papers.
ChrisJ: “What I’m saying is pretty much what Charlie’s saying….” AP: “Then do you have to say it?” ChrisJ: “Yes.”
It’s not like 2 meets its soulmate and embraces 2 to become 4.
AP: “You’ve got one minute.” Josh: “One minute? My watch says five!” AP: “So much the worse for your watch.”
What are you giving me that look for? Your job is just to write down the numbers I tell you.
Dan: “Stop me if I’m wrong if I start with mental states.” AP: “Stop.”
