Drink & Think: Philosophy for the AI Age

We often imagine a future where technology—especially AI—removes all struggle: no illness, no death, no scarcity. In this world of abundance, we are left with vast amounts of free time. Imagine a life where your every need is met, your lifespan is indefinite, and any experience can be created on demand.

In such a world, what kind of life would you choose to live?
What would give your days meaning?
How would you spend your time?
What would you create, pursue—or indulge in?

Philosophy of Space and Time
What is space? What is time?

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We will examine the following aspects:

• Are space, time and their properties a priori or empirical?
• What is the relationship between space, time and worldly objects?
• Are they part of the external world, or part of the human mind and intuition? Externality vs Internality
• What is the difference between mathematical space and physical space?
• Brief review of Non-Euclidean Geometry covered in previous sessions.
• Did special/general relativity expand our understanding of space and time, and how are space and time in modern physics related to Kantian space and time?
• Is physical space Euclidean?
• What is the difference between space and time?
• Space and real numbers: The concept of length and area, and the problem of incommensurable. The real number line and the continuum.
• What is spacetime according to quantum mechanics?
• Mathematical space and its relation to set theory and mathematical logic.
• (advanced topics: Riemann Manifold, Hilbert space etc)

Best,
Wesley