Ep 86: The Aim of Science

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

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The Ame of Science

01:40 • 2min

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The Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery by Poppa

03:36 • 2min

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Poppa's Philosophy of Objective Knowledge

05:15 • 2min

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The Ame of Science

06:57 • 2min

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The Ame of Science

08:45 • 2min

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Poppa's Science Is About Good Explanations

10:16 • 2min

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The Explanatory Statements of a Philosopher

11:50 • 2min

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The Lights of the Sky Are the Things in Need of an Explanation

13:26 • 2min

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The Explanatory Explanation Is More or Less Well Known to Be True

15:02 • 2min

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Reports of Flying Saucers

16:50 • 2min

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The Unknown Is Explained by the Unknown

18:38 • 2min

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The Observed by the Unobserved

20:14 • 2min

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Is There Evidence in Its Favor?

21:44 • 2min

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Trying to Win Over His Opponents With Phrases Like This

23:35 • 2min

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Why Is the Se So Rough Today?

25:11 • 2min

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The Neptune Theory Is Easy to Variate

27:00 • 2min

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The Explana Tion Consists of a Bunch of Unseen Things

28:35 • 2min

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Explanations for Universal Laws of Nature

30:15 • 2min

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Towards a More Testable Theory of Physics

31:49 • 2min

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Poppa's the Beginning of in Funity

33:23 • 2min

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What Is the Cause of Gravity?

35:06 • 2min

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The Essentialist Doctrine of Ultimate Explanation

37:01 • 2min

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Essentialism - What Is It's Essence?

38:36 • 2min

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The Laws of Nature Are Conjectural

40:26 • 2min

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The Foundations of Physics

42:16 • 2min

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What Are the Foundations of a Building?

44:09 • 2min

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The Idea of Creativity and Criticism

45:41 • 1min

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The Depth of a Theory

47:10 • 2min

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Neuton's Theories Are Grand Conjectures

48:52 • 2min

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Galalayo Says Projectiles Follow Parabolic Paths

50:56 • 2min

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What if You Fire the Cannon Faster Than That?

53:13 • 2min

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The Theory of Galalayo and the Theory of Nuton

55:04 • 3min

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How to Derive General Relativity From Nutons

57:44 • 2min

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Kepler's Theory of Planitary Motion Is a Deviation From Nuton's

59:48 • 2min

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Nuton's Prediction to Kepler's Laws of Motion

01:01:24 • 2min

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Galolayos and Kepler's Results May Corroberate the New Theory

01:03:12 • 2min

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A New Theory Explains Less Deape Theories

01:05:09 • 1min

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The Task of Science Is to Find Satisfactory Explanations

01:06:30 • 2min

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The Real Structure of the World Isn't Discoverable by Man, or Expressible in Human Language

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Is There a Ciotic Radiation?

01:10:15 • 3min