Thing in itself

Michael Strevens on explanation and modern scientific knowledge

Oct 6, 2022

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Is the Credit System Helping Scientists to Work on the Right Questions?

02:03

Is the Subject Matter of Science Limited?

02:41

Is There a Genuine Causality?

04:56

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Interested in Scientific or Explanation?

2min

Are You Looking for a Theory of Explanation?

4min

Explanatory Relevance Criteria

2min

How to Deduce a High Probability Using Deductive Logic

3min

What Happened to the Glass?

2min

Is There Explanatory Independence?

5min

Are We Really Any More in in the White House?

2min

Is It Imperative?

2min

10.

Are Philosophers the Ones Who Try to Fill That Space?

2min

11.

Is There a Genuine Causality?

5min

12.

Is There a Principle Reason to Reject Reduction?

2min

13.

Consciousness

2min

14.

Is There Any Good Arguments There Are No Good Responses to the Heart Problem?

1min

15.

Is There a Basic Level of Causation in the World?

3min

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The Moral Issue Is Not Just Platonism or Construct Was Theory

2min

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Is There a Relativism in the Universe?

5min

18.

Is There a Difference in Standards for Explanatory Practice?

5min

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Is There Disagreement About Explanatory Correctness?

2min

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What Changes in the Scientific Revolution

5min

21.

Quantum Gravity Theory - The Selection Principle

2min

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Is There a Disparity Between the Private and Public Life of Scientists?

6min

23.

Is It a Reflex in Question Why It Happens With Galileo and Not With Aristotle

2min

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Is There Room in the Special Sciences for a Different Methodology?

4min

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Is the Subject Matter of Science Limited?

3min

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The Iron Rule of Science

2min

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The Motivational Side of the Social Structure of Science

2min

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The Credit System in Science

5min

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Is the Credit System Helping Scientists to Work on the Right Questions?

2min

30.

Is There a System That Is Better Than Other Systems?

6min

Michael Strevens is professor of philosophy at NYU working in the philosophy of science. His research interests include explanation, complex systems, probability, confirmation, and the social structure of science and its role in science’s success; the psychology of concepts; and the philosophical applications of cognitive science, including philosophical methodology.

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