Do Explain with Christofer Lövgren

#1 - A Beginning of Infinity, with Charlie Jungheim

Oct 4, 2019

55:17

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The Problem With Climate Action Is Will Power

01:59

All Knowledge Is Subjective, Isn't It?

03:07

Justificationism

02:06

Introduction

2min

The Beginning of Infinity by David Douch

2min

The Beginning of Infinity

2min

The Infinite Progress

3min

Problem Solving - The Central Thing That Defines Progress

2min

You Can't Have Progress Without Problems

2min

Is It Calling Long Jumping in English?

2min

What Is a Person?

4min

What Is a Good Explanation?

3min

10.

What's a Bad Explanation?

2min

11.

Justificationism

2min

12.

The Problem Children of Justification Ism

2min

13.

Is There Any Such Thing as Observation?

3min

14.

Is Your Brain a Guessing Machine?

2min

15.

The Commonsense Justificationist Way of Thinking

3min

16.

The Solution Is Always Tough

3min

17.

All Knowledge Is Subjective, Isn't It?

3min

18.

The Beginning Infinity Is Not a Self Help Book, but It Does Have Implications

3min

19.

I Aidocalleyes, I'm Just Going to Sit Around and Not Do Anything About It, Like an Idiot

2min

20.

The Problem With Climate Action Is Will Power

2min

21.

What Isn't Mechanical Is Creative

4min

22.

The Reach of Explanations

2min

23.

The Beginning Infinity, by Charley, Is a Great Book.

3min

Christofer and his buddy Charlie Jungheim speak about David Deutsch's latest book, 'The Befinning of Infinity', in this episode of Do Explain. They discuss human progress and its relation to problem-solving, good and bad explanations, what people fundamentally are, and other related topics.

Charlie Jungheim is a philosophy YouTuber, impressionist, and musician from Laguna Beach, currently residing in Palm Springs, California. He makes videos about Critical Rationalism following the philosophy of Karl Popper and David Deutsch and can be found on various platforms:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hermesofreason
Website: http://hermesofreason.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HermesofReason

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