In this episode we are exploring the origins of the metaphysics that underpin the modern approach to a scientific understanding of nature with Dr. Helen De Cruz, who is the Danforth Chair in the Humanities at Saint Louis University. Professor De Cruz' research focuses on philosophy of cognitive science and philosophy of religion, with an eye for historic progressions through ideologies across the ages. In her own words, she is guided by the following question: "We spend what seem on the face of it outlandish amounts of time and energy on these pursuits, which appear to be inessential in keeping us alive in the struggle for survival and reproduction. Why do we make life even more complicated than it already is?" We aim this line of inquiry at understanding the state of today's modern physical conception of the universe: a highly mathematized, often paradoxical interpretation of fundamental material reality.

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(00:00) Go!

(00:03:55) Seeking out the Renaissance

(00:11:11) Missing piece of the middle ages

(00:18:31) Downstream of the invention of the printing press

(00:26:50) Eternal recurrence

(00:34:30) Necessary waypoints for collaboration

(00:44:51) A kind of thought that touches all domains

(00:56:04) Aristotle - friend or foe to the age of reason?

(01:06:55) Getting rid of the prime mover

(01:14:45) Untangling "why" from "how"

(01:18:51) Kant throws fuel on the fire

(01:28:04) Crowning physics as king of the castle

(01:36:54) Mystical power of mathematics (i.e. runes)

(01:47:46) Wonder in Newton vs Wonder in Descartes

(01:56:44) The Conduit of Inspiration to Reality

(02:07:49) Is there such a thing as an "accident"?

(02:13:48) Closing thoughts

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