Used to do this semi-regularly in a slightly knackered 1973 T2 VW Camper to visit family on the coast. Love this road, but be warned to avoid it at the slightest sign of frost or heavy rain if you're not familiar with it.
On reductionism and holism: a hypothesis needs to make sense from ALL observations and from ALL possible perspectives and hence a hypothesis needs to make sense from BOTH reductionist perspectives and holistic perspectives. The problem we humans have is that reductionism constantly sucks us into assumptions after which the holistic perspective does not make sense anymore and we reject it. Our human thinking is biased, that is how our thinking works.
Great video! Is modern day scientism as expressed by Hawking when he said “philosophy is dead” in anyway connected to logical positivism? Are there similarities or only differences?
Hello... I have to make an assignment worksheet on Ideas and evidence - suggesting new ideas and explanations for phenomena. While I was collecting information and data about the topic. I came across this video. You explained here wonderfully. But still, I am not getting any new ideas for the assignment, that's why I commented maybe you could help me with any article that can give me some inspiration for the assignment. It's really important Sir.
Philosophers of science are to scientists what conservationists and poachers are to an endangered species. Without philosophers who defend science, the poachers, ie the mystics, the religious, the subjectivists will destroy science. If most people accept that science is as valid as African voodoo, science will fall and we will all go into the dark ages
"If all A were B". Thats to demonstrates a correct reasoning. If we supposed that all A were B. If we started with such an observation. Lets suppose what have such a situation. Then...and if x is an a. If we find ourselves in such situation. Then...If all A are B, and X is an A ..what would be the next affirmation we could deduct with certitude
Thanks I really enjoyed the simplicity and pragmatism of this video! A great overview that invites many doors to be opened! So much for my early night tonight :)
It is sad to me how science in the past few years has been made into a tool to wield political power. This is easy since the vast majority of the populace have any education or training in the sciences (and particularly in the philosophy of science). Thanks for this short presentation of the subject.
The ending of this is kind of... well, garbage in my opinion. Most science is wrong, bye. Like chill out. How are you making this video if not for science? Didn't you just talk about how science constantly tries to prove itself wrong? You didn't even have the whole psychology discussion. Are those sciences actually science? What are the problems with science that can or can't be fixed? Geez. I imagine I could say that same thing a million times over for philosophy. Every paper you read is wrong. Does that mean that it's useless? It's only if you accept a scientific finding in an unscientific way (the field never verifies it)-- then it's useless. I love philosophy, but I dislike the animosity towards empiricism. Sure, they get the funding, departments, and chairs while we don't-- and they often question only the surface level assumptions instead of the deep rooted dogma of induction, etc. But there's still no need for the shade.
