Fallible Animals
We talk about our deepest theories across science, philosophy, economics, and morality. We also explore the history of ideas.
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Latest episodes
Oct 8, 2019 • 22min
Fallible Animals Episode 3: Progress as Error-Correction
In this episode of Fallible Animals, we discuss how it is that sciences progresses, despite the fact that all science is conjectural. It turns out that progress entails reducing errors in our worldview. We define knowledge and review its growth over the course of history. Finally, we take as a case study our ever-improving understanding of our own Solar System, from Copernicus to Kepler to Newton.
Transcript of Karl Popper's lecture/essay entitled 'Objective Knowledge' - https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/845d...
Foundational Paper on Constructor Theory (preprint) - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1210.7439.pdf
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Sep 28, 2019 • 17min
Fallible Animals Episode 2: Intro to Critical Rationalism
We begin our discussion of the philosophy of knowledge called Critical Rationalism. We briefly review the intellectual climate in which it was created, and we discuss some of the core concepts, such as the conjectural nature of scientific theories, Popper's criterion of demarcation, and the role of criticism in science.
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Sep 24, 2019 • 4min
Fallible Animals Episode 1: Introduction
Introduction episode to the Fallible Animals podcast. I very briefly describe the philosophy of critical rationalism, and I hint at the worldview that will be the foundation of the show. More on both in future episodes, as we continue to explore ideas in science, philosophy, economics, and morality, and their history.
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