#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science

Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(06:34) - How does science progress?
(22:48) - Theory of Everything
(34:40) - Consciousness
(38:15) - Most Beautiful Moments in Science
(46:00) - Isaac Newton
(1:12:13) - Competition in Science
(1:22:47) - Newton's Career
(1:35:58) - Importance of Data
(1:42:17) - Alchemy
(1:46:31) - Newton and Religion
(1:49:44) - Showing Newton the future
(1:54:28) - Newton and Einstein