Ep 272: Is science truly explanatory?

ToKCast by Brett Hall

Oct 15, 202677:10Society & Culture

A reaction to @CosmicSkeptic and @SabineHossenfelder discussing the nature, or even possibility of, genuine scientific explanation in this video: Which of them is correct? Or are they both wrong? What counts as an explan...

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