What is real, and what do we invent that we think is real? How might we tell, and with all the complex ways to approach the subject, how might we be clear when we talk about reality? Hear a story of Immanuel Kant and how he resolved a sticky wicket in a way that helped save the reliability of science itself. 

What comes up in this episode:
~  David Hume’s challenge to science  ~

~  The difficulty in talking about Reality ~

~  Thales as El Mariachi  ~

~  Snot rockets ~

~  Intellectual Hygiene ~

Referenced or mentioned:

~  David Hume ~

~  Immanuel Kant  ~

~  Issac Newton  ~

~  The Milesian School  ~

~  Arche / First Principles ~

~  Heraclitus ~

Dope quotes in this episode: 
~  Immanuel Kant: I freely confess that it was the remembrance of David Hume that first interrupted my dogmatic slumber and gave my investigations in the field of speculative philosophy a quite new direction.

Credits / Links:

~  So, You’re A Philosopher’s homepage: ponderpus.com  ~

~  Text or leave a voicemail for Chris : 469.626.7355 ~