Jonathan Schaffer, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, talks about the importance of philosophy, metaphysics, ontology, grounding and monism.

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TIMELINE

0:00 Introduction

1:08 Falling In Love With Philosophy

4:29 Importance Of Philosophy

7:18 Quine’s Ontology

10:28 Are Numbers Fundamental?

16:22 Quine’s Ontology (contd.)

22:16 Grounding

32:13 Fundamentality

38:38 The Mind-Body Problem

47:19 Physicalism

48:53 Are Numbers Fundamental? (Part 2)

51:21 Monism

1:00:44 Lego Interpretation

1:01:37 Positive Influences (Books, Movies, Role Models)

1:09:11 Greatest Philosopher

1:11:19 Legacy & Death

1:14:00 Meaning Of Life

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