Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
#30 - Let's all just have a good cry (w/ Christofer Lövgren)
Christofer Lövgren, host of the marvelous Do Explain podcast and world's most famous Swede (second perhaps only to that Alfred fellow with the peace …
4 years, 6 months ago
#29 - Some Scattered Thoughts on Superforecasting
We're back! Apologies for the delay, but Vaden got married and Ben was summoned to be an astronaut on the next billionaire's vacation to Venus. This …
4 years, 7 months ago
#28 (C&R Series, Ch. 9) - Why is Logic Applicable to Reality?
Why do logic and mathematics work so well in the world? Why do they seem to describe reality? Why do they they enable us to design circuit boards, bu…
4 years, 8 months ago
#27 - A Conversation with Marianne
There are many overused internet keywords that could be associated with this conversation, but none of them quite seem right. So here's a poem instea…
4 years, 8 months ago
#26 - Moral Philosophy Cage Match (with Dan Hageman)
In a rare turn of events, it just so happened that one or perhaps both of your charming co-hosts spewed a bit of nonsense about Derek Parfit in a pre…
4 years, 9 months ago
#25 - Mathematical Explanation with Mark Colyvan
We often talk of explanation in the context of empirical sciences, but what about explanation in logic and mathematics? Is there such a thing? If so,…
4 years, 10 months ago
#24 - Popper's Three Worlds
This episode begins with a big announcement! Ben has officially become a cat person, and is now Taking Cats Seriously. Vaden follows up with some new…
4 years, 10 months ago
#23 - Physics, Philosophy, and Free Will with Sam Kuypers
We are joined by the great Sam Kuypers for a conversation on physics, philosophy, and free will.
Vaden spends most of the episode preparing for a hug…
4 years, 10 months ago
#22 - Thinking Through Thought Experiments
In this episode, we discuss Peter Singer's famous drowning child thought experiment, the role of moral theories, and the role of thought experiments …
4 years, 11 months ago
#21 (C&R Series, Ch.1) - The Problem of Induction
After a long digression, we finally return to the Conjectures and Refutations series. In this episode we cover Chapter 1: Science: Conjectures and Re…
5 years ago