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Sean Carroll: Today we're going to get deep into some of the most profound ideas in philosophy. Liam Kofi Bright, is a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method at the London School of Economics. We'll talk about what truth is - how do we figure it out? How do different kinds of scientists bring different perspectives to the questions of what is true and what is false? Sean Carroll: This is the last holdover from what I got to do when I was visiting the UK a little while ago. It was nice enough to let me delay this while other podcasts were live.

Everybody talks about the truth, but nobody does anything about it. And to be honest, how we talk about truth — what it is, and how to get there — can be a little sloppy at times. Philosophy to the rescue! I had a very ambitious conversation with Liam Kofi Bright, starting with what we mean by “truth” (correspondence, coherence, pragmatist, and deflationary approaches), and then getting into the nitty-gritty of how we actually discover it. There’s a lot to think about once we take a hard look at how science gets done, how discoveries are communicated, and what different kinds of participants can bring to the table.

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Liam Kofi Bright received his Ph.D. in Logic, Computation and Methodology from Carnegie Mellon University. He is currently on the faculty of the London School of Economics in the Department of Philosophy, Logic, and the Scientific Method. He has worked on questions concerning peer review and fraud in scientific communities, intersectionality, logical empiricism, and Africana philosophy. He is well-known on Twitter as the Last Positivist.

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