NonzeroClips | Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience | Robert Wright & Lee McIntyre @MeaningoflifeTV | Uploaded July 2019 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
00:11 Lee’s new book, "The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience" 00:011
06:09 Why scientific theories are never “proved” 06:09
07:44 Karl Popper’s principle of falsification explained 07:44
20:00 Why the philosophy of science hasn’t been useful to scientists
23:42 Why philosophers of science need a new way to talk about evidence
30:57 Can philosophy of science help refute science deniers?
40:52 Flat Earthers, science denial, and the scientific attitude
47:53 Cognitive bias, ideology, and the social sciences
56:23 Lee: There is no consensus about the epistemological status of science
01:03:25 The hubris of “naive realism”
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Lee McIntyre (Boston University, The Scientific Attitude, leemcintyrebooks.com)
Lee's new book, "The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience": amazon.com/dp/0262039834
Recorded June 18, 2019
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00:11 Lee’s new book, "The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience" 00:011
06:09 Why scientific theories are never “proved” 06:09
07:44 Karl Popper’s principle of falsification explained 07:44
20:00 Why the philosophy of science hasn’t been useful to scientists
23:42 Why philosophers of science need a new way to talk about evidence
30:57 Can philosophy of science help refute science deniers?
40:52 Flat Earthers, science denial, and the scientific attitude
47:53 Cognitive bias, ideology, and the social sciences
56:23 Lee: There is no consensus about the epistemological status of science
01:03:25 The hubris of “naive realism”
Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Lee McIntyre (Boston University, The Scientific Attitude, leemcintyrebooks.com)
Lee's new book, "The Scientific Attitude: Defending Science from Denial, Fraud, and Pseudoscience": amazon.com/dp/0262039834
Recorded June 18, 2019
Join the conversation on MeaningofLife.tv: meaningoflife.tv/videos/41931
Follow Bob's Mindful Resistance Newsletter mindfulresistance.net
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