Increments
Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem
We found 6 episodes of Increments with the tag “popper”.
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#51 - Truth, Moose, and Refrigerated Eggplant: Critiquing Chapman's Meta-Rationality
May 29th, 2023 | 1 hr 12 mins
chapman, epistemology, nebulosity, popper, rationality
We discuss David Chapman's work on nebulosity, the correspondence theory of truth, and how it relates to Karl Popper's epistemology.
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#48 (C&R Chap. 18) - Utopia and Violence
February 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 41 secs
popper, rationality, utopia, violence
Violent utopias? Utopian violence? Are the rationalists going to destroy the world? Chapter 18 of Conjectures and Refutations coming in hot.
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#42 (C&R, Chap 12+13) - Language and the Body-Mind Problem
July 20th, 2022 | 50 mins 39 secs
causality, determinism, karl buhler, language, mind-body problem, popper
We wrestle with chapter 12 and 13 of Conjectures and Refutations, on the topic of the mind-body problem, theories of language, determinism, and causality. This one is a real doozy folks.
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#38 (C&R Series, Ch. 2) - Wittgenstein vs Popper
March 8th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
conjectures and refutations, philosophical problems, popper, wittgenstein, wittgenstein's poker
What made Wittgenstein so angry with Popper that he threatened him with a poker? We analyze Chapter 2 of C&R to find out.
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#24 - Popper's Three Worlds
May 11th, 2021 | 1 hr 13 mins
abstractions, explanation, logic, popper, reality
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#21 (C&R Series, Ch.1) - The Problem of Induction
March 23rd, 2021 | 53 mins 58 secs
epistemology, induction, natural law, philosophy of science, popper