Samir Okasha: Philosophy of Evolution

Samir Okasha is a philosopher of science whose work focuses on theories of knowledge, evolutionary theory and the philosophy of biology.

He’s a fellow of the British Academy, and the author of several interesting and very accessible books on philosophy and science, including Agents and Goals in Evolution, and an introductory book to the philosophy of biology.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:00 The limits of human knowledge

3:55 What is science?

9:00 Science vs philosophy

18:38 Can we make progress in philosophy?

23:20 Philosophy of biology

29:58 Functional language in biology

34:12 Is evolutionary psychology is pseudoscience?

45:40 Evolution and morality

58:28 Can we get 'ought' from 'is'?

1:08:00 Book recommendations