This week’s topic is the free rider problem. “A free rider, in economics, refers to someone who benefits from resources, goods, or services without paying for the cost of the benefit”. We try and workout if someone who avoids paying tax, yet still takes advantage Read More …
Tag: philosophy of language
Idle Talk 07 04 13 The meaning of meaning
On this week’s show we ask, what is the meaning of meaning? To answer this we also had to tackle questions such as “what makes a statement meaningful?” and “what is it something to be meaningful?”. “From where do statements derive truth value or meaning. Read More …
Idle Talk LIVE Sunday 7th April
Idle Talk is Rhodders’ philosophy based radio show/podcast aimed at making philosophy interesting and accessible for everyone. The show is live at Sunday 9pm over at 1Radio.org. Join in the debate in the chart room and on Skype using the name- rhodders.com. Topic The meaning of Read More …
Idle Talk 14 03 13 Waking up in vagueness
This week we force ourselves to think before we speak as we delve into the philosophy of language and examine the problem of vagueness. An example of a phrase that is vague in the philosophical sense could be “If you cut one head off of Read More …