Brett Hall

ToKCast

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This is a podcast primarily about the work of philosopher and physicist David Deutsch and related matters (such as Popperian epistemology). I read from and comment upon the books ”The Beginning of Infinity” & ”The Fabric of Reality” (both by Deutsch), ”The Science of Can & Can’t” (by Deutsch’s collegue Marletto) and ”Rationality” by Pinker (so far). In addition I make stand alone episodes about topics like resources, environmentalism, economics, science, philosophy, epistemology (especially explanations) and reason broadly.

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Brett Hall

Episodes

Ep 13: Ch 8 "A Window on Infinity" Part 1 22.04.2019 20:52

Unlucky 13: The microphone failed for this one, so the backup audio has been used. It's a little sub par but still "listenable". The next one sounds better. Note to audio-only people: some visuals are in this one - so you can find that on Youtube.

Ep 12 "Artificial Creativity" Ch 7 Pt 2 02.02.2019 45:05

Ep 11 "Artificial Creativity" Ch 7 Part 1 01.02.2019 1:04:27

Ep 10 "The Jump to Universality" Ch.6 30.12.2018 52:53

David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity" - some remarks by Brett Hall on Chapter 6 "The Jump to Universality". This is a chapter in 1 part.

Ep 9 "The Reality of Abstractions" Ch.5 Part 2 30.12.2018 53:03

David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity" Chapter 5, Part 2 "The Reality of Abstractions".

Ep 8 "The Reality of Abstractions" Ch.5, Part 1 30.12.2018 50:23

David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity" Chapter 5, Part 1 "The Reality of Abstractions". Some remarks by Brett Hall

Ep 7 "Creation" Ch.4, Part 2 30.12.2018 47:51

This is David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity" - a discussion by Brett Hall, Chapter 4, Part 2. This one is largely about "Fine Tuning".

Ep 6 "Creation" Ch.4, Part 1 30.12.2018 1:09:17

This is the first part of Chapter 4 "Creation" from David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity".

Episode 5: Chapter 3, Part 2 "The Spark" 19.12.2018 40:39

This is part 2 of the commentary on chapter 3 "The Spark" from David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity"

Episode 4: Chapter 3, Part 1 "The Spark" 19.12.2018 26:38

Episode 3: Chapter 2 "Closer to Reality" 19.12.2018 29:46

The next in the series on David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity"

Episode 2: Chapter 1 "The Reach of Explanations" 19.12.2018 51:50

This is the first episode in a series on David Deutsch's groundbreaking work "The Beginning of Infinity". I read some passages from Chapter 1 "The Reach of Explanations" and make some explanatory remarks and other comments. This podcast is intended as a companion to the book. Feel free to ask me questions at www.bretthall.org

ToKCast Episode 1: An introduction to the podcast and this first series 19.12.2018 10:52

ToKCast is a podcast largely about the work of David Deutsch. We begin with a discussion of "The Beginning of Infinity".