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Think About It engages today's leading thinkers in conversations about powerful ideas and how language can change the world.
Book Talk 67 : The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
Think About It
1 hour 7 minutes
3 months ago
Book Talk 67 : The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science
What is reliable knowledge? Listen to philosopher Michael Strevens, author of The Knowledge Machine: How Irrationality Created Modern Science, to understand how science discovers the truth. At the current moment, when expertise is under attack and the idea of truth is contested from all sides, Strevens explains the remarkable success of science’s “irrational” method to settle debates, regardless of philosophical, religious, or aesthetic preferences. Drawing on Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions—our host Uli Baer’s all-time favorite non-fiction book—, Karl Popper, and others, Strevens shows how science became the most effective tool for uncovering the secrets of nature.
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Think About It
Think About It engages today's leading thinkers in conversations about powerful ideas and how language can change the world.
