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126 - Michael Strevens: Scientific Explanation & Methodology and The Knowledge Machine

126 - Michael Strevens: Scientific Explanation & Methodology and The Knowledge Machine

Robinson's Podcast vor 3 Jahren

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Michael Strevens is Professor of Philosophy at New York
University, where he works across the philosophy of science and
the philosophical applications of cognitive science. In this
episode, Robinson and Michael talk about his recent book, The
Knowledge Machine, which explores how irrationality shaped the
Scientific Revolution. Along the way, they discuss the great
debate over the nature of the scientific method—including
appearances from Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn—how explanations
function in science, and what roles religion, aesthetics, and
other factors distinct from concrete evidence should play in
scientific thought.

Michael’s Website: http://www.strevens.org

The Knowledge Machine: https://a.co/d/0hmHDCm

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:51 Introduction

03:42 The Knowledge Machine

14:23 What is the Scientific Method?

21:28 Kuhn and the Scientific Method

30:41 Sociology and the Scientific Method

32:40 Reasoning, Evidence, and Prejudice

47:30 The Iron Rule of Explanation

57:09 The Irrationality of Scientific Thought

01:03:57 Newton, Bacon, and the Scientific Revolution

01:12:13 An Attack on Science?

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
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