Our Lives Matter S1E06: The Philosophical Foundation of Science

Episode 6 January 04, 2024 00:28:13
Our Lives Matter S1E06: The Philosophical Foundation of Science
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Our Lives Matter S1E06: The Philosophical Foundation of Science

Jan 04 2024 | 00:28:13

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Show Notes

Science is a philosophy.  The metaphysics are math.  The epistemology is the five step process of observation, self consistency, universality, reproducibility, and debate.  Those lead to hypotheses and theories.   But we could just as easily call these the underlying themes in the story of the world.   A scientific story of the world doesn’t turn the whole world into science class.  A scientific story of the world is everything fitting together at once to tell a reliable story of the world.   ACT I Scene 1 [105 bpm] Y’all know what themes are?  Telling a good story depends on…

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