78 min listen
Propositions, Hypothesis Generation, and Unknown Unknowns
FromFluidity
ratings:
Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Nov 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Three short chapters from In The Cells Of The Eggplant. What can you believe? - Propositions are whatever sort of thing it is you can believe. Nothing can play that role; so we need a different understanding of belief. https://metarationality.com/propositions Where did you get that idea in the first place? - Rationalism does not explain where hypotheses, theories, discoveries, inventions, or other new ideas come from. https://metarationality.com/no-new-ideas The Spanish Inquisition - Unboundedly many issues may be relevant to any practical problem, so mathematical logic does not work as advertised. https://metarationality.com/closed-world Original music by Kevin MacLeod. This podcast is under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial International 4.0 License.
Released:
Nov 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (99)
Varieties Of Special Meaning, Part 4- No Cosmic Meaning: Intuitions of “cosmic meaning” root in hunger for personal significance, and in encounters with vastness. You can support the podcast and get episodes a week early, by supporting the Patreon: If you like the show, consider buying me a coffee: ... by Fluidity