#63 Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The Philosophy of Science, and The Science of Philosophy

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Dr. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is an American philosopher, novelist and public intellectual. She is a MacArthur Fellow and has received the National Humanities Medal of the US, the National Jewish Book Award, and numerous other honors. She’s the author of ten books, both fiction and nonfiction, including The Mind-Body Problem, Betraying Spinoza, and Plato at the Googleplex. 

Today, we talk about the relation between philosophy and science, and how each can inform the other. Other specific topics include sophistry in the modern age, how we develop moral system, and the relation between science and nihilism.

Time Links:

00:43 What drew Dr. Goldstein to science and philosophy?

06:20 Why is philosophy still relevant in a scientific world?  

14:55  Is there anything that science can’t study? 

22:26 Does science turn us into better philosophers? 

28:04 The modern relevance of ancient philosophy 

39:19 Sophistry in the modern age 

43:55 Can we derive morality just from scientific knowledge?  

50:30 Does science lead to nihilism?

55:34 Follow Dr. Goldstein’s work

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