Condensed Matter
By Sam Kimpton-Nye
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Condensing recent work in metaphysics and the philosophy of science down to what matters. Hosted by Dr Sam Kimpton-Nye, research associate on the MetaScience project (ERC, Horizon 2020, grant agreement No 771509; www.metascience.xyz) at the Unversity of Bristol. Music: NaturesEye from Pixabay. Art: Francesca Smith
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36: "The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis", David Chalmers
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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35: "There is no measurement problem for Humeans", Chris Dorst
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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34: "The Limits of Modality", Sam Cowling
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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33: "Biochemical Functions", Francesca Bellazzi (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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32: "Substance", Donnchadh O'Conaill (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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31: "Biological Individuality and the Foetus Problem", Will Morgan (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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30: “How Skeptical is Quine’s “Modal Skepticism”?”, John Divers
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 29: "Modal Conventionalism", Ross Cameron
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 28: "Panpsychism", Thomas Nagel (CM classic!)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 27: “Modal dispositionalism and necessary perfect masks”, Barbara Vetter and Ralf Busse
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Ep. 26: "An Apology for Naturalized Metaphysics", James Ladyman (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 25 "The Governing Conception of Laws", Nina Emery (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 24: “Going Beyond the Fundamental: Feminism in Contemporary Metaphysics”, Elizabeth Barnes
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 23: "Governing Without a Fundamental Direction of Time", Chen and Goldstein
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 22: "Aristotelian Supervenience", John Heil
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Episode 21: "Causal Content and Global Laws: Grounding Modality in Experimental Practice", Jenann Ismael
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Episode 20: "Disagreement in Metaphysics", Timothy WIlliamson
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Episode 19: "Realism Without Parochialism", Phillip Bricker
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Episode 18: "Metaphysics After Carnap: the Ghost Who Walks?", Huw Price
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Episode 17: "Social kinds are essentially mind-dependent", Rebecca Mason
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Episode 16: "Calculus and counterpossibles in science", Brian McLoone
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Episode 15: "The rationality of metaphysics", E.J. Lowe
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Episode 14: "Where Do You Get Your Protein? Or: Biochemical Realization", Tuomas Tahko (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Episode 13: "Norms and Modality", Amie Thomasson
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Episode 12: "What Everyone Should Say about Symmetries (and How Humeans Get to Say It)", Michael Townsen Hicks (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Episode 11: “Nomothetic Explanation and Humeanism about Laws of Nature”, Harjit Bhogal
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Episode 10: "Realism and the Absence of Value", Shamik Dasgupta
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Episode 9: "Megarian Variable Actualism", Toby Friend (deep dive featuring the author!)
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Episode 8: "Sideways music", Ned Markosian
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Episode 7: "The Ground Between the Gaps", Jonathan Schaffer
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Episode 6: "Conceptualizing causal powers: activity, capacity, essence, necessitation", Ruth Groff
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Episode 0: Introducing Condensed Matter
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 1: "How scientific models can explain", Alisa Bokulich
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 2: "Fundamental Powers, Evolved Powers, and Mental Powers", Alexander Bird; "Evolved Powers, Artefact Powers, and Dispositional Explanations", Barbara Vetter
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 3: "Ramseyan Humility", David Lewis
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 4: "Troubles with Theoretical Virtues: Resisting Theoretical Utility Arguments in Metaphysics", Otávio Bueno and Scott Shalkowski
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Episode 5: "There Are No Ahistorical Theories of Function", Justin Garson
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Jul 07, 2021 |