{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Popperian Podcast #28 \u2013 Nicholas Maxwell \u2013 \u2018Our Fundamental Problem\u2019","description":"This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Nicholas Maxwell. They speak about Maxwell\u2019s agreements and disagreements with Popper, the metaphysical assumption that there is a unity of knowledge and the preference within science for unified theories, Maxwell\u2019s theory of Aim-Oriented Empiricism, and importantly how this ought to be extended to the social sciences and the big questions of human flourishing. Nicholas Maxwell is an emeritus reader in philosophy of science at University College London, where he previous taught philosophy of science for nearly thirty years. He is the author of What\u2019s Wrong With Science? (Bran's Head Books, 1976), From Knowledge to Wisdom (Blackwell, 1984), The Comprehensibility of the Universe (OUP, 1998), Is Science Neurotic? (World Scientific, 2004), Cutting God in Half \u2013 And Putting the Pieces Together Again: A New Approach to Philosophy (2010), How Universities Can Help Create a Wiser World: The Urgent Need for an Academic Revolution (Imprint Academic, 2014), Global Philosophy (2014), In Praise of Natural Philosophy: A Revolution for Thought and Life (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017), Understanding Scientific Progress: Aim-Oriented Empiricism (Paragon House, 2017), Karl Popper, Science and Enlightenment (UCL Press, 2017), Science and Enlightenment: Two Great Problems of Learning (Springer, 2019), The Metaphysics of Science and Aim-Oriented Empiricism: A Revolution for Science and Philosophy (Synthese Library, Springer, 2019), Our Fundamental Problem: A Revolutionary Approach to Philosophy (McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press, 2020), The World Crisis - And What To Do About It (World Scientific, Spring 2021) (all available at:  https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nicholas-Maxwell\/e\/B001HPF2LO\/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 *** Nicholas Maxwell\u2019s academic profile (About Me | From Knowledge to Wisdom - UCL \u2013 University College London). *** The Popperian Podcast #3 \u2013 Nicholas Maxwell \u2013 \u2018More Popperian than Popper\u2019  The Popperian Podcast: The Popperian Podcast #3 \u2013 Nicholas Maxwell \u2013 \u2018More Popperian than Popper\u2019 (libsyn.com) *** Philosophy Seminars for Five-Year Olds Nicholas Maxwell, Philosophy Seminars for Five-Year-Olds, - PhilArchive &amp;nbsp; Support via Patreon \u2013 https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/jedleahenry Support via PayPal \u2013 https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/jrleahenry Shop \u2013 https:\/\/shop.spreadshirt.com.au\/JLH-shop\/ Support via Bitcoin - 31wQMYixAJ7Tisp773cSvpUuzr2rmRhjaW Website \u2013 The Popperian Podcast \u2014 Jed Lea-Henry Libsyn \u2013 The Popperian Podcast (libsyn.com) Youtube \u2013  The Popperian Podcast - YouTube Twitter \u2013 https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedleahenry RSS - https:\/\/popperian-podcast.libsyn.com\/rss *** Underlying artwork by Arturo Espinosa ","author_name":"The Popperian Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.jedleahenry.org\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27603882\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/27603882"}