Dr. Edward Zalta served as Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy from 1995 to 2022, and now serves as Co-Principal Editor. He is a Senior Research Scholar in the Philosophy Department at Stanford University. His research specialties include Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophical Logic/Philosophy of Logic, and Computational Metaphysics. He is the author of Abstract Objects: An Introduction to Axiomatic Metaphysics, and Intensional Logic and the Metaphysics of Intentionality, and has published dozens of articles in top journals, many of which you can find at the link below.
Dr. Jared Oliphint is the founder of Selling Plato (www.sellingplato.com), received his PhD in philosophy from Texas A&M, and teaches philosophy full-time at the college level. His published work has focused on metaphysics, philosophy of language, conceptual engineering, social ontology, and metaethics.
Links:
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: plato.stanford.edu
Dr. Zalta's site: mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
Chapters
00:00 Exploring Philosophical Interests
04:23 The Intersection of Philosophy and Mathematics
09:20 Abstract Objects and Their Meaning
17:23 The Role of Logic in Understanding Abstract Objects
20:52 The Evolution of Metaphysics
27:51 Building the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
30:22 The Metaphysics Research Lab: A Unique Approach to Philosophy
35:53 Funding and Expansion of the Encyclopedia
39:42 The Vetting Process and Maintaining Objectivity
43:55 The Impact of the SEP Beyond the Academic Community
48:33 Challenges and Future of the SEP
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