In this episode of the Book of Nature, Dan, Charles, and Todd discuss the nature of the philosophical concept of metaphysics, and especially its connection to the scientific endeavor. Topics include:
1) Definitions: What is Metaphysics?
2) What distinguishes Metaphysics from physics – or, what are the boundaries that define these ways of thought?
3) An article that prompted this episode: Why Science Needs Metaphysics
4) Reflections on the question in the article’s title – does it?
5) Musings on “theories of everything”
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