SCI PHI Podcast

Hi, folks! I am PhDONE, and so we're back with 10 all new episodes! On Episode 91, I chat with Holly Andersen about her cutting edge work on causation: causal explanations, pattern recognition, causal questions in sports analysis, and mental causation.bit.ly/45MJwSq

New episode featuring Mazviita Chirimuuta! We discuss her new book, "The Brain Abstracted" in which she argues that due to the brain's complexity, neuroscientific theories have only captured partial truths and “neurophilosophy” is unlikely to be achieved. sciphipodcast.org/podcast/2024/8…

All new episode featuring Charles Pence! We chat about the causal structure of natural selection, digital humanities and biology, his book, The Rise of Chance in Evolutionary Theory, and his lab's approach to investigating biology’s biggest questions. sciphipodcast.org/podcast/2024/8…

All new episode featuring @SamFellowesHPS! I chat with Sam about thinking about psychiatric diagnoses as idealized, abstract models, the accuracy of self-diagnosis, neurodiversity, and involving "experts-by-experience" when revising diagnostic criteria. sciphipodcast.org/podcast/2024/8…

Out now: Episode 94 featuring UCLA chemist @ericscerri! We chat about the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics, the philosophical nature of the periodic table, and recent developments in quantum chemistry. sciphipodcast.org/podcast/2024/7…

New episode featuring Alan Love! We chat about assembling philosopher, theoretician, and experimentalist research teams, philosophical methodology, and the upcoming conference at @umnmcps, “Philosophy of Science: Past, Present, and Future.” sciphipodcast.org/podcast/2024/7…

New episode featuring Dr. Prasanta Bandyopadhyay! We chat about his work developing a Bayesian account of scientific methodology, in which he applies statistical/probabilistic notions to a long-standing conundrum of methodological issues in the sciences. open.spotify.com/episode/7s4Lkp…

Sci Phi Podcast | Episode 90: @JonathanJFuller #SciPhiPodcast We discuss his experience training as an MD/PhD, and his upcoming book "The New Modern Medicine" that analyzes distinctive problems in scientific medicine around the turn of the 21st century. bit.ly/3ia77rP

Be sure to check out Jon's podcast, Philosophers on Medicine here: jonathanfuller.ca/podcast/

Sci Phi Podcast | Episode 89: Jamee Elder #SciPhiPodcast @harvardbhi We discuss the methodology and epistemology of large astrophysical experiments, especially those—including LIGO-Virgo and the EHT—that involve "observing" black holes. sciphipod.org/podcast/2022/1…

If you have seen other people sharing their experiences with Jesse Prinz please let me know and I will thread them here. What Dr. Bermúdez Mejía experienced is horrifying and this situation needs more attention.

Sci Phi Podcast | Episode 88: Eleanor Knox #SciPhiPodcast We discuss Spacetime Functionalism and how it may solve problems in both classical theories and in standard accounts raised by emergent spacetime structure in theories of quantum gravity. sciphipod.org/podcast/2022/1…

Sci Phi Podcast | Episode 87: @cameronjbuckner #SciPhiPodcast We discuss his work in the philosophy of deep neural networks, a type of machine learning that is currently the most widespread and successful technology in artificial intelligence. sciphipod.org/podcast/2022/1…

Sci Phi Podcast | Episode 86: Sarah Robins #SciPhiPodcast #PSA2022 We discuss her work on the concept of the memory trace, or engram, and the role it plays in both everyday and scientific thinking about remembering. sciphipod.org/podcast/2022/1…