The Case for Idealism: Truth, Facts, and Existence

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By considering the nature of truth, I argue for idealism via the claim that facts are in the mind, and that all that exists, exists in thought.

Video on Frege's sense and reference distinction:    • Gottlob Frege: Sense and Reference Explained  

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___Video Contents___

00:00 - Introduction
01:38 - Truth, truth bearers, and truth makers
03:42 - The nature of truth bearers
06:16 - Propositions as meanings
12:31 - Platonism and Conceptualism
20:43 - Facts as truth makers
28:47 - Ontology
33:28 - Ontological Realism
39:18 - A relaxed alternative
40:59 - How to count things
47:38 - Bringing it all together


___Channel description___


I am a graduate of Cambridge University with a PhD in Philosophy. My thesis was on the nature of truth, and I specialise in metaphysics, logic, and the history of analytic philosophy. I believe philosophy should be made accessible to the curious and philosophers have a duty to reenter the public debate on the questions of importance to our age. This channel is my attempt to do that!


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