Ep 232: Karl Popper's "The Myth of the Framework" Sections IV to VI. "The Critical Method": deep dive
The second in the series on "The Myth of the Framework" paper. Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction with some reflections on Joe Rogan and Gad Saad 05:14 Section IVa reading - on “Confrontations” 06:32 Sect...
5 Feb 20251h 22min
Ep 231: Karl Popper's "The Myth of the Framework" Sections I to III. Discussing discussions: deep dive
I take another deep dive into a deeply insightful and original lecture by Karl Popper: The Myth of the Framework. In this first part (of 4) I spend most of the episode unpacking our motivations, Poppe...
25 Jan 20251h 36min
Ep 230: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 12 ”Time Travel” Part 3
The best part! If you missed the others, don't miss this one. All four strands come together to explain the possibility of time travel and the intrigue that arises when considering travelling to "your...
20 Jan 20251h 33min
Ep 229: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 12 ”TimeTravel” Part 2
An outside broadcast as you will hear. Image generation and virtual reality provide a window on the physics of time travel. Why is that? And what about all those time travel paradoxes? The resolution ...
17 Jan 202552min
Ep 228: Knowledge Beyond Belief
An assortment of topics looking forward to 2025. Timestamps: 00:00 Truth is indispensable 04:06 The “search for truth” is error correction 08:11 Remarks on selflessness and personhood. How can we sq...
30 Dec 202455min
Ep 227: "What is Capitalism?" - an encounter between Objectivism and Critical Rationalism.
Live from Sydney, Yaron Brook and Nikos Sotirakopoulos join me on stage to discuss capitalism, liberty, personhood, energy policy, Israel and antisemitism and much more. Rough timestamps are here: 00:...
15 Dec 20241h 50min
Ep 226: Realism and the purposes of philosophy.
I discuss the point of philosophy and how "concrete" the work of Karl Popper and David Deutsch are in marshalling examples taken directly from science in order to illustrate how philosophy solves prob...
12 Dec 20242h 16min
Ep 225: Livestream from November 27, 2024
A long "ask me anything" episode live and off the cuff. Apologies for the audio quality.
28 Nov 20241h 56min
