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Plato’s Cave

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Jason Buckley

This session is on one of philosophy’s most famous thought experiments – Plato’s cave. It’s a very provocative thought experiment which can entertain endless discussion on themes as diverse as knowledge acquisition, the truth of our values, perceptions and political systems.

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