The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics. Episode 7, Are Atoms Real?
(2021, original release: 2020)
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2020
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2021
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
12245188
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames
Compare proof for the reality of atoms with evidence for the existence of Santa Claus. Both are problematic hypotheses! Trace the history of atomic theory and the philosophical resistance to it. End with Bas van Fraassen’s idea of “constructive empiricism,” which holds that successful theories ought only to be empirically adequate since we can never know with certainty what is real
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Steven Gimbel
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English