Kane B (videos of March & April of 2017)

source: Kane B
33:14 The Epistemology of Disagreement 2 In this video, I examine several argument against Conciliation, the view that we should suspend judgement in response to peer disagreement.
28:09 The Epistemology of Disagreement 1 It is frequently the case that people who are my epistemic peers - i.e. people who are just as intelligent, well-informed, and unbiased as I am - disagree with my beliefs. A number of philosophers ...
34:22 Functions in Biology This video discusses two analyses of function in biology: the causal role analysis, proposed by Robert Cummins, and the selected effect analysis, proposed by Ruth Millikan. First I outline the prim...
32:10 Philosophy of Science 6 - Objections to Falsificationism Karl Popper argued that induction should be eliminated from science, and he proposed as an alternative the method of falsificationism: scientists should proceed by making bold, risky hypotheses fol...