Increments
Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem
Displaying all 2 Episode of Increments with the tag “brian boyd”.
-
#78 - What could Karl Popper have learned from Vladimir Nabokov? (w/ Brian Boyd)
December 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 39 secs
art, brian boyd, discovery, literature, nabokov, popper
Brian Boyd, the foremost expert on both Nabokov and Popper, comes on for a discussion about literature, discovery, and what Nabokov contributed to both.
-
#50 - On the Evolutionary Origins of Storytelling, Art, and Science
April 24th, 2023 | 2 hrs 53 secs
artwork, brian boyd, evolution, fiction, myth, stories
Why do humans engage in art and storytelling? For our 50th episode, we explore Brian Boyd's thesis that art evolved from selection pressure to better understand the patterns and information around us.