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Episode 99: Critical Rationalism and Solipsism
Season 1 Episode 99
AKA "David Deutsch DESTORYS the Simulation Hypothesis"
Bruce take a deep dive into solipsism in the form of the brain in a vat thought experiment, N…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 98: Objectively Beautiful Flowers?
Season 1 Episode 97
This week we discuss the chapter “Why are Flowers Beautiful?” from the book Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch. Through our discussion we conside…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 97: Karl Popper On Conservatism in Music (w/Chris Johansen)
Season 1 Episode 97
We take a deep dive into Karl Popper’s philosophical ideas about music that he outlines in four chapters in this intellectual autobiography Unended Q…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 96: Kenneth Stanley on the Pursuit of What’s Interesting
Season 1 Episode 96
Here we interview AI researcher Kenneth Stanley, who makes the case that in complex systems, pursing specific objectives can actually be counterprodu…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 95: On Morality, Moralizing, and Elephant Jockeys (Round Table)
Season 1 Episode 95
This time we invited some of the coolest and smartest people we know to have a freewheeling discussion on morality loosely centered on Jonathan Haidt…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 94: Stephen Hicks on Critical Rationalism vs Objectivism
Season 1 Episode 94
This episode we interview Professor of Philosophy Stephen Hicks. In his excellent books Explaining Postmodernism and Nietzsche and the Nazis it becom…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 93: Philosophical Theories vs Bad Explanations
Season 1 Episode 93
Can philosophical theories be refuted? What is a bad explanation? Can all theories be made more empirical?
In search of an answer to these question…
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 92: Popper on Philosophical Theories
Season 1 Episode 92
Continuing from episode 91, we continue our deep dive into Popper's Conjectures and Refutations Chapter 8 where Popper explains how to use his episte…
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 91: The Critical Rationalist Case For Induction!?
Season 1 Episode 91
Forgive the clickbait title. The episode should probably actually be called "The (Lack of) Problem of Induction" because we primarily cover Popper's …
1 year, 8 months ago
Episode 90: Bayesianism for Critical Rationalists!?
Season 1 Episode 90
Today our guest Ivan Phillips methodically explains what Bayesianism is and is not. Along the way we discuss the validity of critiques made by critic…
1 year, 9 months ago