Thing in itself

Michael Strevens on explanation and modern scientific knowledge

Oct 6, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
How Did You Get Interested in Scientific or Explanation?
02:24 • 2min
3
Are You Looking for a Theory of Explanation?
04:18 • 4min
4
Explanatory Relevance Criteria
07:54 • 2min
5
How to Deduce a High Probability Using Deductive Logic
09:45 • 3min
6
What Happened to the Glass?
12:43 • 2min
7
Is There Explanatory Independence?
14:16 • 5min
8
Are We Really Any More in in the White House?
19:24 • 2min
9
Is It Imperative?
21:31 • 2min
10
Are Philosophers the Ones Who Try to Fill That Space?
23:30 • 2min
11
Is There a Genuine Causality?
25:24 • 5min
12
Is There a Principle Reason to Reject Reduction?
30:20 • 2min
13
Consciousness
32:42 • 2min
14
Is There Any Good Arguments There Are No Good Responses to the Heart Problem?
35:06 • 1min
15
Is There a Basic Level of Causation in the World?
36:31 • 3min
16
The Moral Issue Is Not Just Platonism or Construct Was Theory
39:43 • 2min
17
Is There a Relativism in the Universe?
41:16 • 5min
18
Is There a Difference in Standards for Explanatory Practice?
45:56 • 5min
19
Is There Disagreement About Explanatory Correctness?
51:13 • 2min
20
What Changes in the Scientific Revolution
53:31 • 5min
21
Quantum Gravity Theory - The Selection Principle
58:05 • 2min
22
Is There a Disparity Between the Private and Public Life of Scientists?
01:00:13 • 6min
23
Is It a Reflex in Question Why It Happens With Galileo and Not With Aristotle
01:06:08 • 2min
24
Is There Room in the Special Sciences for a Different Methodology?
01:08:04 • 4min
25
Is the Subject Matter of Science Limited?
01:11:59 • 3min
26
The Iron Rule of Science
01:14:40 • 2min
27
The Motivational Side of the Social Structure of Science
01:16:46 • 2min
28
The Credit System in Science
01:19:01 • 5min
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Is the Credit System Helping Scientists to Work on the Right Questions?
01:23:31 • 2min
30
Is There a System That Is Better Than Other Systems?
01:25:35 • 6min