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    Rationally Speaking #127 - Elise Crull on Philosophy of Physics

    Rationally Speaking #127 - Elise Crull on Philosophy of Physics

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    Rationally Speaking #127 - Elise Crull on Philosophy of Physics

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    Length:
    50 minutes
    Released:
    Feb 8, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Feynman famously said that a philosopher of science is as much use to scientists as an ornithologist is to birds. This episode of Rationally Speaking features philosopher of physics Elise Crull, who explains why Feynman is misguided, and what philosophers have to say about important issues in physics -- like quantum mechanics, physical laws, and whether anything "really" exists at all.
    Released:
    Feb 8, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Rationally Speaking is the bi-weekly podcast of New York City Skeptics. Join host Julia Galef and guests as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely from unlikely, and science from pseudoscience. Any topic is fair game as long as we can bring reason to bear upon it, with both a skeptical eye and a good dose of humor! We agree with the Marquis de Condorcet, who said that in an open society we ought to devote ourselves to "the tracking down of prejudices in the hiding places where priests, the schools, the government, and all long-established institutions had gathered and protected them."Rationally Speaking was co-created with Massimo Pigliucci, is produced by Benny Pollak, and is recorded in the heart of New York City's Greenwich Village.