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76 - Nora Boyd, Siska de Baerdemaeker, & Vera Matarese: The Philosophy of Astrophysics

76 - Nora Boyd, Siska de Baerdemaeker, & Vera Matarese: The Philosophy of Astrophysics

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Robinson’s Podcast #76 - Nora Boyd, Siska de Baerdemaeker, &
Vera Matarese: The Philosophy of Astrophysics

Nora Boyd is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Siena College.
Siska de Baerdemaeker is a Researcher at Stockholm University.
Vera Matarese is Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Science at
the University of Perugia. Both Nora and Siska received their
PhDs in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of
Pittsburgh, while Vera received hers in the Philosophy of Science
at the University of Hong Kong. Along with Kevin Heng, Chair
Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Ludwig Maximilian
University in Munich (and guest on episode #56), they are the
editors of Philosophy of Astrophysics—an anthology on the
philosophy of the same and the first of its kind—which will be
released open access in early June 2023 (link below). In this
episode, Nora, Siska, Vera, and Robinson discuss the origins of
the project, as well as many of the topics it covers, such as
black holes, dark matter, and whether astrophysics should even be
considered a science at all.

The Anthology: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031266171

Nora Boyd: https://facultyweb.siena.edu/~nboyd/

Siska de Baerdemaeker: https://www.siskadebaerdemaeker.com

Vera Matarese: https://sites.google.com/view/veramatarese/home

OUTLINE:

00:00 In This Episode…

00:54 Introduction

7:10 What is Astrophysics?

14:24 What Is the Philosophy of Astrophysics?

25:26 Is Astrophysics Science?

38:29 Astrophysical Models and the Tribunal of Experience

45:33 Data and Theory

1:01:32 Astrophysical Simulations

1:14:17 Fictional Objects

1:20:00 Black Holes and Dark Matter

1:28:01 Processes and Pseudoprocesses

1:34:08 Time

1:47:20 Ethical Issues

1:42:06 Evidence, Theory, and Cold Dark Matter

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

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
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