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Ep 140: Mathematics

Episode 141

What is mathematics? Does it provide us with "epistemological bedrock" - a finally, once and for all certainly true foundation? 

What does fallibilis…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 139: Misconceptions

Episode 140

This is the first in the series of "Things that make you go mm?" (Get it - shorter!). Minisodes getting to the fundamentals of each of the Mmmms I've…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 138: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 5: Minds II - Part the Second

Episode 139

This is the second part of "Minds" which is the 5th part of the "Things that make you go mmmmm?" series. In this we encounter some deep misconception…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 137: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 4: Minds - Part the First

Episode 138

This is part 1 of part 4 (if you take my meaning) of my "Things that make you go mmmmm?" series. It's called "Minds" and when recording I was unable …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 136: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 3: Multiverses

Episode 137

Yes, that's plural. Multiverses. I have spoken many times before on this podcast about "the multiverse". Indeed it is a central theme of ToKCast and …

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 135: Lookouts

Episode 136

This episode is an interlude for the "Things that make you go mmmmm?" series. It provides, I hope, some helpful advice for "spotting errors" motivate…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 134: Things that make you go mmmmm? Part 2: Mathematics

Episode 135

Here I discuss the "mathematician's misconception" from a number of angles: the confusion between mathematical reality - and our knowledge of that ma…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 133: Things that make you go mmmmmm? Part 1: Many Misconceptions

Episode 134

This is the first episode of a new series about the multiverse, mathematics, morality, mind, metaphysics, M-theory, misconceptions, mistakes and much…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 132: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 7 ”A Conversation about Justification”. Part 2

Episode 133

Here, we get to the conversation itself. We draw a line with some laughs along the way from early Popper, to later Popper, early Fabric of Reality, t…

3 years, 7 months ago

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Ep 131:Corroboration? Excerpts and Analysis of Popper’s ”Realism & The Aim of Science”.

Episode 132

This is part of "The Fabric of Reality" series of podcasts, working as a supplement to material in Chapter 7 "A Conversation about Justification". In…

3 years, 7 months ago

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