#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science

Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) - Introduction
(06:34) - How does science progress?
(22:48) - Theory of Everything
(34:40) - Consciousness
(38:15) - Most Beautiful Moments in Science
(46:00) - Isaac Newton
(1:12:13) - Competition in Science
(1:22:47) - Newton's Career
(1:35:58) - Importance of Data
(1:42:17) - Alchemy
(1:46:31) - Newton and Religion
(1:49:44) - Showing Newton the future
(1:54:28) - Newton and Einstein

Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

– GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation matched up to $1k

– Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex to get 30 day trial

– LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack

– Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex

– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off

EPISODE LINKS:

Jed’s Caltech page: https://bit.ly/38eLLRF

Jed’s Books: https://amzn.to/2WoxGPi

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8

RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/

YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman

YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips

SUPPORT & CONNECT:

– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast

– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman

– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman

– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman

– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman

– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman

OUTLINE:

Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.

(00:00) – Introduction

(06:34) – How does science progress?

(22:48) – Theory of Everything

(34:40) – Consciousness

(38:15) – Most Beautiful Moments in Science

(46:00) – Isaac Newton

(1:12:13) – Competition in Science

(1:22:47) – Newton’s Career

(1:35:58) – Importance of Data

(1:42:17) – Alchemy

(1:46:31) – Newton and Religion

(1:49:44) – Showing Newton the future

(1:54:28) – Newton and Einstein