Nonexistent Objects & Imaginary Worlds
- Episode aired Sep 27, 2016
Crash Course and host Hank Green examines how something can be true or false if it is about a fictional object. He discusses nonexistent things and imaginary worlds. Typically words have a r... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green examines how something can be true or false if it is about a fictional object. He discusses nonexistent things and imaginary worlds. Typically words have a real world reference, but how do you talk about non-existing things? He considers Russell's... Read allCrash Course and host Hank Green examines how something can be true or false if it is about a fictional object. He discusses nonexistent things and imaginary worlds. Typically words have a real world reference, but how do you talk about non-existing things? He considers Russell's example of the "The present king of France is bald". He discusses Alexius Meinong's ontol... Read all