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Back to SearchEp 110: A Tradition of Criticism
Episode 111
A version of this podcast without the musical soundtrack can be found here: https://youtu.be/YfVl70treS8
An explanation of a tradition of criticism…
4 years ago
Ep: 109 ”Objective Morality I: The Principle of Optimism”
Episode 110
Morality, like physics, is objective. It is about solving moral problems. In this first part about the nature of objective morality, I discuss "The P…
4 years ago
Ep: 108 Steven Pinker’s ”Rationality”Chapter 3 ”Logic and Critical Thinking” - reflections and analysis.
Episode 109
This podcast is about Steven Pinker's new book "Rationality". I read a small number of brief excerpts from the book itself, alongside commenting, cri…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 107: What is a good explanation?
Episode 108
This is a plain language summary of the most up to date epistemology (as of early 2022) in the tradition of Karl Popper due to the work of David Deut…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep 106: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 2
Episode 107
In this podcast we cover the supposed hierarchy of knowledge from "the certainty" of mathematical proof through to the "near certainty" gifted to us …
4 years, 2 months ago
Ep 105: David Deutsch’s “The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 4 “Criteria for Reality” Part 1
Episode 106
In this podcast we cover realism: the common sense claim that there exists an external reality beyond our own minds that we can come to understand th…
4 years, 2 months ago
Ep 104: Are We Running Out Of Resources?
Episode 105
This episode explores the issue of the finiteness of our “natural resources”, taking an optimistic view of our place in the cosmos and hence where we…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ep 103: Ask Me Anything #2
Episode 104
This is “Ask Me Anything” number 2: questions from Twitter (mainly) and elsewhere.
Here are the questions/timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Ho…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ep 102: The Thin Veneer
Episode 103
Yes, the AMA will be delayed until episode 103 because of some wonderful remarks made by Joe Rogan that resonated so well with some of what I like to…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ep 101 Ask Me Anything 1
Episode 102
As it says: an "AMA" episode.
00:00 Introduction
01:24 When defines the "tipping point" between a static and a dynamic society - specifically our own…
4 years, 3 months ago