Philosophy & What Matters. Ep. 2:  Existence with Greg Restall (UniMelbourne)
Channel: Jeremiah Joven Joaquin
Date: 20/07/2020

"Philosophy & What Matters" deals with questions that matter to us from a philosophical point of view.

We all know that Donald Trump exists. Thus, we could say that there is at least one thing that exists; namely, Donald Trump. Some of us know that the mathematician, Nicholas Bourbaki doesn’t really exist. The name “Bourbaki” is only a pseudonym used by a group of French mathematicians in the 1930s. Thus, we could say that there’s at least one thing that does not exist. But what does it mean for something to exist or not to exist? And why does this question matter?

In today's Philosophy and What Matters, Professor Greg Restall of the University of Melbourne will help us understand the philosophical question about the concept of existence. He will guide us through two sorts of answers to this question; viz., the deep jungles of Alexius Meinong, and the desert landscapes of Bertrand Russell and W. V. Quine.

The "Philosophy & What Matters" website can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/jeremiahjovenjoaquin/philosophy-what-matters.