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62 - David Papineau: Realism, Antirealism, and The Philosophy of Science

62 - David Papineau: Realism, Antirealism, and The Philosophy of Science

Robinson's Podcast vor 3 Jahren

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David Papineau is Professor of Philosophy of Science at King’s
College London. He also teaches at the City University of New
York Graduate Center, and before that he lectured in the
Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Cambridge.
Robinson and David speak broadly about the philosophy of science.
Some topics they touch on include the distinction between realism
and antirealism, the role of a philosopher of science in actual
scientific practice, and the current replication crisis. They
finish with an introduction to the statistical theory of
causation. For some background information, listen to David’s
episode of Philosophy Bites on scientific realism. The painting
used in the “album art” comes by way of David’s daughter, Katy
Papineau. See her website for more information. David’s most
recent book is the Metaphysics of Sensory Experience (OUP 2021),
a discussion of which will have to wait for another episode. You
can keep up with David on his website,
https://www.davidpapineau.co.uk, or via Twitter, @davidpapineau.

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

OUTLINE:

00:00 In This Episode…

00:38 Introduction

4:51 David and the Philosophy of Science

10:32 The Philosopher’s Role in Science

25:07 Scientific Realism and Anti-Realism

47:11 On Pessimistic Meta-Induction From Past Falsity

55:27 On The Replication Crisis in Science

1:15:21 The Statistical Theory of Causation

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations
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