Tim Maudlin: Physics and Epistemology

Prof Tim Maudlin is a philosopher of physics and science who, in the last few decades, has pioneered forwarding the field' Foundations of Physics.' He's the founder of the John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics, domiciled in Split, Croatia. He taught for over two decades at Rutgers University before joining the Department of Philosophy at New York University. Prof Maudlin is the author of numerous books, including New Foundations for Physical Geometry, Philosophy of Physics with Princeton University Press and Quantum Non-Locality and Relativity. In this episode, we discussed Lee Smolin and Carlo Rovelli's radical ontology of time, the difference between a mathematical representation, theory and interpretation, the Kuhn-Popper debate in the philosophy of science, Wittgenstein and Moore's views on knowledge, metaphysics of physics and the relationship between physics and epistemology. You can find more of Prof Maudlin's work at https://as.nyu.edu/faculty/tim-maudlin.html John Bell Institute for the Foundations of Physics: https://www.johnbellinstitute.org/ John Bell Institute GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/a-permanent-home-for-the-john-bell-institute RSam Podcast #76 --------------------------------------- Please consider financially supporting my work (ONLY if you have the means). Patreon: https://patreon.com/trsam?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com PayPal: https://paypal.me/rsampod?country.x=AU&locale.x=en_AU --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/podcast Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le SFP: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://substack.com/@trsam/ https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://x.com/trsam97 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ {Reference Links} https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691183527/philosophy-of-physics https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-metaphysics-within-physics-9780199575374 https://youtu.be/DHc-lrt9N7g?si=2g5U1JxxEQKXdVSo {Images & Videos used} https://youtu.be/cVaOn2IJnoU?si=OPQbK5BX7h5hUAgh https://youtu.be/QOAcQCFNtbo?si=ehhCV7AOQQ65uisI https://youtu.be/QDeHnIriuZ8?si=1n1yJWt-r0d9tFhr {Music Used} "Supapao - Can't Fall In Love" is under a Free To Use YouTube license https://soundcloud.com/supapao Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/VZkFJAb_gx4?si=J6AwKLAmikAzoqHj Chill Lofi Hiphop - 'Breath' by l33 is under a Free To Use YouTube license SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/nocopyrightlofi/no-copyright-chill-lofi-hiphop-breath-by-l33 --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.