#47 (Bonus) - Dualism, Reductionism, and Explanation Pancakes
Increments
English - January 16, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBPhilosophy Society & Culture Science philosophy science ethics progress knowledge computer science conversation error-correction Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Second holiday season bonus episode! Vaden joins Chesto on The Declaration (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-declaration-podcast/id1433998370) podcast to talk about monism, dualism, the reality of abstractions, emergence, and reductionism. This convo was recorded in 2019, but much of the content is evergreen and we think it still makes for interestin' listenin'. Except the sound quality, which leaves much to be desired. Thanks Blue Yeti.
We discuss:
- The mind-body problem
- Why Vaden is a filthy pluralist and Chesto is a sober, sane, rational materialist
- Reductonism vs dualism vs pluralism
- The reality of abstractions
- Why explanations are central to science
- Would you get into a Star Trek transporter?
- And, a little bit out of left field, some advice for talking about mental health
References:
- Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (https://smile.amazon.com/G%C3%B6del-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567?sa-no-redirect=1)
- Beginning of Infinity (https://www.amazon.ca/Beginning-Infinity-Explanations-Transform-World/dp/0143121359)
- Chesto's instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mynameischesto/?hl=en) for your eyes and soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/mynameischesto) for your ears.
Errata:
- In the Domino example from BOI the prime number was 641, not whatever number Vaden said
- The Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, not 1972
Contact us
- Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
- Check us out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ
- Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
Are emails real? Tell us at [email protected].
Photo credit: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/11/07/optimization-dominoes-and-frankenstein/
Second holiday season bonus episode! Vaden joins Chesto on The Declaration podcast to talk about monism, dualism, the reality of abstractions, emergence, and reductionism. This convo was recorded in 2019, but much of the content is evergreen and we think it still makes for interestin' listenin'. Except the sound quality, which leaves much to be desired. Thanks Blue Yeti.
We discuss:
The mind-body problem
Why Vaden is a filthy pluralist and Chesto is a sober, sane, rational materialist
Reductonism vs dualism vs pluralism
The reality of abstractions
Why explanations are central to science
Would you get into a Star Trek transporter?
And, a little bit out of left field, some advice for talking about mental health
References:
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Beginning of Infinity
Chesto's instagram for your eyes and soundcloud for your ears.
Errata:
In the Domino example from BOI the prime number was 641, not whatever number Vaden said
The Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977, not 1972
Contact us
Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
Check us out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ
Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
Are emails real? Tell us at [email protected].
Photo credit: https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2019/11/07/optimization-dominoes-and-frankenstein/