Alison Gopnik - Why Philosophy of Science?

4,665 views · Published 2 October 2017 · 10:11 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: Closer To Truth · 2017 · Education

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Science is humankind's magnificent achievement, the way of thinking to discern facts and truths and to reject errors and myths. But how to understand the scientific method itself and what is it really that science is learning?

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