Everyone wants to know ‘Truth’. But what is Truth? People argue about Truth; people fight about Truth—consider politics and religion. But what is the basic meaning of... video What is Truth? Episode 05 Season 14 26:47 Watch Can science discover all truths? Or are there truths beyond science? What is science? A process? A way of thinking? How to get at the essence of science, discern how it... video What is Philosophy of Science? Episode 11 Season 16 26:48 Watch We search deepest levels of cosmic reality, the big picture of the puzzle of the universe — beginning, size, structure, future, far future. We seek significance in... video What is Philosophy of Cosmology? Episode 01 Season 19 26:48 Watch Biology has big questions. What is life, language, race, gender, morality, wisdom, religion, extraterrestrial intelligence? A new field of inquiry seeks underlying structure... video What is Philosophy of Biology? Episode 06 Season 18 26:48 Watch Here’s the claim: each level of the scientific hierarchy — physics, chemistry, biology, psychology — has its own special laws that can never be explained by deeper laws... video What’s Strong Emergence? Episode 05 Season 19 26:48 Watch Here’s the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers. Does the Anthropic Principle convey deep insights? Or thwart science? For sure, it’s... video Is the Anthropic Principle Significant? Episode 04 Season 19 26:48 Watch Have we underestimated the risks of global catastrophe and human extinction? There is an odd argument that claims to justify end-of-the-world worries with raw statistics. video What is the Doomsday Argument? Episode 02 Season 16 26:47 Watch How can we have confidence in what we know or believe? What is knowledge? What is belief? How is belief justified? And is justified belief knowledge? How can we not doubt... video Epistemology: How Do I Know? Episode 07 Season 18 26:48 Watch How to think about God rationally, logically, profoundly, critically? Have no illusion that metaphysics can find God, but can a kind of progress be made? video Can Metaphysics Discern God I? Episode 04 Season 17 26:48 Watch Metaphysics seeks insights into fundamental features of existence. It does not depend on human emotions or personal testimonies. When metaphysics focuses on God, what... video Can Metaphysics Discern God II? Episode 05 Season 17 26:48 Watch When you ask “what things really exist”, and you think deeply about this universal probe, you see the whole world anew. It’s such a simple question; how... video What Things Really Exist? Episode 04 Season 03 26:46 Watch Why is there a world, a cosmos, something-instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest. Why? What can we learn from... video Why Anything at All? Episode 13 Season 12 26:45 Watch It’s the ultimate puzzle. It’s the haunting question. Why is there “something” rather than “nothing”? It seems impenetrable, uncrackable, unfathomable. But are... video Why Anything at All II? Episode 07 Season 19 26:48 Watch Here’s the claim: each level of the scientific hierarchy — physics, chemistry, biology, psychology — has its own special laws that can never be explained by deeper laws... revision What’s Strong Emergence? Episode 05 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Everyone wants to know ‘Truth’. But what is Truth? People argue about Truth; people fight about Truth—consider politics and religion. But what is the basic meaning of... video What is Truth? Episode 05 Season 14 26:47 Watch
Can science discover all truths? Or are there truths beyond science? What is science? A process? A way of thinking? How to get at the essence of science, discern how it... video What is Philosophy of Science? Episode 11 Season 16 26:48 Watch
We search deepest levels of cosmic reality, the big picture of the puzzle of the universe — beginning, size, structure, future, far future. We seek significance in... video What is Philosophy of Cosmology? Episode 01 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Biology has big questions. What is life, language, race, gender, morality, wisdom, religion, extraterrestrial intelligence? A new field of inquiry seeks underlying structure... video What is Philosophy of Biology? Episode 06 Season 18 26:48 Watch
Here’s the claim: each level of the scientific hierarchy — physics, chemistry, biology, psychology — has its own special laws that can never be explained by deeper laws... video What’s Strong Emergence? Episode 05 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Here’s the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers. Does the Anthropic Principle convey deep insights? Or thwart science? For sure, it’s... video Is the Anthropic Principle Significant? Episode 04 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Have we underestimated the risks of global catastrophe and human extinction? There is an odd argument that claims to justify end-of-the-world worries with raw statistics. video What is the Doomsday Argument? Episode 02 Season 16 26:47 Watch
How can we have confidence in what we know or believe? What is knowledge? What is belief? How is belief justified? And is justified belief knowledge? How can we not doubt... video Epistemology: How Do I Know? Episode 07 Season 18 26:48 Watch
How to think about God rationally, logically, profoundly, critically? Have no illusion that metaphysics can find God, but can a kind of progress be made? video Can Metaphysics Discern God I? Episode 04 Season 17 26:48 Watch
Metaphysics seeks insights into fundamental features of existence. It does not depend on human emotions or personal testimonies. When metaphysics focuses on God, what... video Can Metaphysics Discern God II? Episode 05 Season 17 26:48 Watch
When you ask “what things really exist”, and you think deeply about this universal probe, you see the whole world anew. It’s such a simple question; how... video What Things Really Exist? Episode 04 Season 03 26:46 Watch
Why is there a world, a cosmos, something-instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest. Why? What can we learn from... video Why Anything at All? Episode 13 Season 12 26:45 Watch
It’s the ultimate puzzle. It’s the haunting question. Why is there “something” rather than “nothing”? It seems impenetrable, uncrackable, unfathomable. But are... video Why Anything at All II? Episode 07 Season 19 26:48 Watch
Here’s the claim: each level of the scientific hierarchy — physics, chemistry, biology, psychology — has its own special laws that can never be explained by deeper laws... revision What’s Strong Emergence? Episode 05 Season 19 26:48 Watch