K. Brad Wray: Philosophy of Science, Epistemology, Thomas Kuhn, Realism | Back to the Stone Age #8

Do you like philosophising? Then this conversation is for YOU! 🫵🏻
Brad Wray (shorturl.at/gY9Oh) is Associate Professor at Aarhus University, and together we tackle deep philosophical questions.
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Outline
00:35 - Philosophy of Science
01:17 - Definition of knowledge
01:52 - How do scientific discoveries shape our understanding of reality?
02:26 - Metaphysics
09:56 - God in Philosophy
11:41 - Limitation of human knowledge
13:52 - Theory of everything
19:45 - How is knowledge acquired?
29:24 - Role of epistemic communities for knowledge acquisition
34:40 - Disruptive science and increase of scientific papers
46:03 - Academic vs technological development
51:38 - Artificial intelligence and technology
01:00:44 - Collaborating with other researchers
01:04:15 - Thomas Kuhn
01:06:02 - Paradigm in science
01:13:30 - Kuhn cycle
01:20:19 - Revolutionising paradigm shifts: Copernican revolution and Plate tectonics
01:32:15 - Incommensurability in scientific revolutions
01:40:18 - Planck's principle
01:45:55 - Role of theories in understanding reality
01:52:11 - Is scientific progress linear?
01:52:55 - Scientific realism
01:58:25 - Antirealist perspective
02:05:40 - Death
02:09:25 - Nuclear weapons
02:16:27 - Conclusion
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