Agnes Callard

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Elucidations · Episode 1: Agnes Callard discusses desire and satisfaction · 6 Jul 2009 podcast

Then what I want is not a way that the world is yet.

I don't have food right now.

But when I have food

then the way that the world is matches what I wanted.

So what I wanted comes true.

That's the philosopher's theory.

The satisfaction of a desire is the truth of the thought that you had when you had the desire.

Right.

So I'm imagining someone running to catch a train.

Let's say the person is he's really desperate to catch this train.

He really wants to get to New York.

And so he's pushing people aside.

He has his eye on the train and he finally, just at the last moment, gets on the train.

And as the train starts to leave the station, he hears the announcement that it's the train to Chicago, not the train to New York.

And the question that I want to ask about this case is, is his desire satisfied?

Now the first thing we have to do is we have to say which desire, because it seems like he had a couple different desires.

The one I wanna ask about is the desire to catch this train, right?

The train standing on the platform.

I wanna ask, is that desire satisfied?

And it seems like there are two possible answers, right?

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