Ep 11 "Artificial Creativity" Ch 7 Part 1

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Ep 11 "Artificial Creativity" Ch 7 Part 1

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Feb 1, 2019

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This is a podcast largely about the work of David Deutsch and his books "The Beginning of Infinity" and "The Fabric of Reality".

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Ep 25: Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 3: Some readings and remarks about David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity" Chapter 11 "The Multiverse". This is the 3rd episode in this series. As with some of the others, audio only listeners may miss a few visuals in this one...but they're not absolut... by ToKCast
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Ep 32 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 3. Some readings and remarks: This is the third episode in a 3 part series about chapter 12 of "The Beginning of Infinity". This part is focussed in a more specific way on bad science (that being explanationless science). We also delve into the nature of personhood once more, its mor... by ToKCast
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Ep 24: The Multiverse, Part 2: This is the first episode that includes reading from Chapter 11 of "The Beginning of Infinity" about "The Multiverse". It is less edited...and rather more conversational. Compare this to episode 23 and let me know what you prefer. I will take on board co... by ToKCast
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Ep: 30 Ch 12 "A Physicist's History of Bad Philosophy" Part 1: The Introduction: This is the first episode in a 3 part series about Chapter 12 of "The Beginning of Infinity". As this chapter is about Bad Philosophy, I thought an episode that sets the context - especially the contemporary context - might be timely. by ToKCast
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Ep 21: Ch 10, Part 2 "A Dream of Socrates": In this, the second episode covering Chapter 10 "A Dream of Socrates", we encounter Plato in dialogue with Socrates. An attempt is made to learn epistemology from Socrates by Plato. Epistemology is applied to political institutions and the concept of dyn... by ToKCast
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Ep 49: An introduction to epistemology: What it says in the title :) A short and sweet introduction to a particular way of thinking and knowing. This is all about fallibilism and the possibilities that being wrong opens up. by ToKCast
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Ep 22: The Logic of Experimental Tests: This is not a regular ToKCast (about a chapter from "The Beginning of Infinity"). Instead it will serve in part firstly as a stand alone episode about an esoteric piece of epistemology: what is the function of the experiment in the natural sciences? (As ... by ToKCast
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Ep 53: Understanding Universality: This is additional material about Chapter 6 of "The Beginning of Infinity" - but goes into some additional areas. I compare Greek Gods to Blockchain (in a sense). I think "The Jump to Universality" is a particularly poorly understood chapter. I hope this... by ToKCast
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Ep 28: Ch 11 "The Multiverse" Part 4: With apologies to audio only listeners, this one was up on Youtube for a while (and contains a few visuals) - I simply forgot to upload it to Podbean and Apple Podcasts. It is largely an analysis of common misconceptions about the multiverse and referenc... by ToKCast
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Ep 38 Ch 15 "The Evolution of Culture" Part 1: This is the first in a 3 part series devoted to Chapter 15 of "The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch. All about "The Evolution of Culture", in this part we are looking at the notion of a meme and consider under what conditions ideas replicate. As w... by ToKCast
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Ep 48: Cosmological Economics: This episode is highly visual and better viewed on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlcQ4ZFKrKk However, the substance is still there in this purely audio-only version. This is another episode not primarily about "The Beginning of Infinity" ... by ToKCast
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Ep 19: Mr. Popper's Problems: An irregular episode barely touching upon "The Beginning of Infinity". Somewhat self-indulgently, and purely for my own fun, I take a lesser-known Popper paper - found here http://www.bretthall.org/the-nature-of-philosophical-problems.html and provide le... by ToKCast
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Ep 33 Ch 13 "Choices" Part 1. Some readings and remarks.: This is the first episode of 2 parts all about chapter 13 "Choices" from "The Beginning of Infinity" by David Deutsch. Here we take a deep dive into voting systems and what this means for decision making more broadly: both as societies and individuals. L... by ToKCast
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Ep 23: The Multiverse, Part 1: This episode is an introduction to chapter 11 from "The Beginning of Infinity". While there are no readings from the book this time around, there are readings from "The Fabric of Reality". Audio only listeners should be aware that there is a significant ... by ToKCast
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