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Michael Strevens on how science really works
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jun 7, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
In this episode, Itai and Martin talk to New Zealander Michael Strevens, who – after studying mathematics and computer science – became professor of philosophy at New York University. Michael recently published an amazing book on the scientific method, which not only manages to reconcile crucial ideas by Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend, but is also immensely readable. In this episode, he discusses the main ideas of the book with your hosts, including the crucial difference between what scientists say in their official communications and in the privacy of their labs, what makes modern science such a powerful “knowledge machine”, and why it took humanity 2000 years after Aristotle to get there.For more information on Night Science, visit www.night-science.org .
Released:
Jun 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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