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Science as Philosophy

60 min

The Scientific Revolution

72 min

Scientific Thinkers

63 min

Origins of the "Scientist"

59 min

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Scientific Reasoning

62 min

Progress in Science

55 min

Philosophy in Science

54 min

Unanswered Questions

66 min

The Philosophy of Science

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Scientific Reasoning

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Apr 30, 2026

In lecture five, we analyze two key challenges in philosophy of science. First, the demarcation problem: distinguishing genuine science from pseudoscience through Popper's falsification principle - scientific claims must be testable and potentially disprovable, unlike theories like psychoanalysis. Second, Hume's problem of induction questions how we justify using past experience to predict the future. We examine contemporary responses including Bayesian probability and the concept of abduction as alternative approaches to scientific reasoning, while acknowledging that the skeptical challenge remains largely unresolved in contemporary philosophy of science.

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The Philosophy of Science

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20261h 2m

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Scientific Reasoning

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Apr 30, 2026

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