Ep 226: Realism and the purposes of philosophy.

Update: 2024-12-12

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I discuss the point of philosophy and how "concrete" the work of Karl Popper and David Deutsch are in marshalling examples taken directly from science in order to illustrate how philosophy solves problems in other areas. Then I have some lengthy remarks on some recent criticism of Popper and Deutsch which is found here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-152605209

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Ep 226: Realism and the purposes of philosophy.

Brett Hall

Ep 226: Realism and the purposes of philosophy.