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Ep 40: Popper Pieces - Part 2 of an Introduction to Popper

Episode 41

This is part 2 of my introduction to Popper series.

Here I cover

1. The concept of "conjectures"

2. Common Sense

3. Realism

4. The bucket and the sea…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep 39 Ch 15 "The Evolution of Culture" Part 2

Episode 40

This is the second in a 3 part series devoted to Chapter 15 of "The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch. All about "The Evolution of Culture", in…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep 38 Ch 15 "The Evolution of Culture" Part 1

Episode 39

This is the first in a 3 part series devoted to Chapter 15 of "The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch. All about "The Evolution of Culture", in …

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep 37: An intermittent introduction to Popper and Deutsch

Episode 38

A very brief, and personal, introduction to the philosophy of Karl Popper and David Deutsch. Note that the Youtube version of this exists in 3 parts,…

5 years, 4 months ago

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Ep 36: The Borders of Ideas

Episode 36

This is some commentary upon a recent debate Douglas Murray was engaged in - which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3sSnmq9uKU It …

5 years, 5 months ago

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Ep 35 Ch 14 "Why are Flowers Beautiful?"

Episode 35

Audio listeners, please note: This episode contains a lot more visuals than my usual podcasts. As always this can be found on Youtube at https://www.…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Ep 34 Ch 13 “Choices” Part 2. Some readings and remarks.

Episode 34

This is some reading and reflections upon chapter 13 of "The Beginning of Infinity". In this second part we consider criteria for democracy and democ…

5 years, 5 months ago

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Ep 33 Ch 13 "Choices" Part 1. Some readings and remarks.

Episode 33

This is the first episode of 2 parts all about chapter 13 "Choices" from "The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch. Here we take a deep dive into …

5 years, 5 months ago

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Ep 32 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 3. Some readings and remarks

Episode 32

This is the third episode in a 3 part series about chapter 12 of "The Beginning of Infinity". This part is focussed in a more specific way on bad sci…

5 years, 6 months ago

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Ep: 31 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 2: Some readings and remarks.

Episode 31

This is the second episode in a 3 part series about chapter 12 of "The Beginning of Infinity". Here we get into some of the connections between poor …

5 years, 8 months ago

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