epistemology
21 episodes mention this concept
PredictiveHistoryJun 4, 2025The Evolution of Western Thought, the Crisis of Faith, and Freud's Shifting Theories on Trauma and the Origins of Modernism
PhilosophyAnimismMother GoddessPolytheismMonotheism- PredictiveHistoryJun 4, 2025
How Modernism Ruined Everything: Freud's Shifting Theories and the Cult of the Self
PsychologyAnimismMother Goddess worshipPolytheismMonotheism - PredictiveHistoryMay 27, 2025
Kant, Hegel, and the Theory of Everything: Reimagining Reality and Morality Through Epistemology
PhilosophyEpistemologyImagination (Dante/Kant)Love (Dante/Kant)Form of the Good (Plato) - PredictiveHistoryApr 1, 2025
The Genesis and Evolution of the Scientific Revolution: From Dante's Vision to Newton's Laws
ScienceModernityRenaissanceProtestant ReformationScientific Revolution 
lexfridmanSep 24, 2023Greg Lukianoff on Cancel Culture, Free Speech, and the Battle for Open Discourse in Academia
PsychologyCancel cultureDe-platformingPreference falsificationGroup polarization- lexfridmanAug 1, 2023
Joscha Bach on the Seven Stages of Lucidity, AI Alignment, and the Representational Nature of Reality
PhilosophyLevels of LuciditySelf-Reflexive MindWorld ModelGame Engine Metaphor - lexfridmanMay 6, 2023
David Pakman on the Evolving Landscape of US Politics, Ideological Labels, and Navigating Online Discourse
PsychologyPolitical labelsProgressivismSocial democracyDemocratic socialism - lexfridmanMar 14, 2023
Empathy, Reason, and the Fragility of Society: A Dialogue on Trump, Truth, and Public Discourse with Sam Harris
PhilosophyCognitive EmpathyEmotional ContagionTheory of MindEthical Intuitions 
psychacksJan 17, 2022The Peril of Misinformation Suppression and the Power of Open Dialogue for Truth
PsychologyMisinformationDisinformationCensorshipSuppression of dialogue- lexfridmanDec 31, 2021
Michael Malice on Beauty, Goodness, Evil, and the Nature of Human Integrity
PhilosophyBeauty as hopePlatonic theory of formsEpistemologyAesthetic beauty - lexfridmanJun 14, 2021
Steering Civilization: From Alien Perspectives to the Nature of Consciousness and Collective Intelligence
PhilosophyTechnological AdolescenceSocial TechnologiesGame TheoryDrake Equation - lexfridmanDec 28, 2020
Diana Walsh Pasulka on the Interconnected Nature of Belief, Technology, Religion, and Objective Reality
PhilosophyBelief (attitudes dictating actions)Objective RealityNoumenal (Kant's 'thing in itself')Phenomenal (perceived reality) - lexfridmanNov 13, 2020
Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand's Objectivism: The Primacy of Reason, Free Will, and Objective Reality
PhilosophyObjectivismReasonFree WillHuman Nature - lexfridmanJul 31, 2020
Manolis Kellis on the Digital Nature of Life, Human Genome's Beauty, and the Dynamics of Genetic and Horizontal Inheritance
ScienceDigital inheritanceAnalog inheritanceMendelian traitsContinuum-like inheritance - lexfridmanDec 18, 2019
Vsauce on Perception, Reality, and the Brain-in-a-Vat Problem
PhilosophyPerception vs. RealityEpistemologyMetaphysicsBrain-in-a-vat thought experiment - lexfridmanSep 28, 2019
The Limits of Science and the Simulation Hypothesis: Exploring Unanswerable Questions of Purpose and Intelligence
PhilosophyLimits of scienceIntelligent agentComputer simulation hypothesisPurpose (teleology) - lexfridmanAug 16, 2019
The Ultimate Question for AGI: Unveiling Reality Beyond the Simulation
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Simulation HypothesisNature of RealityExistential Questions 
NewEconomicThinkingNov 30, 2017Fake News, Expertise, and the Neoliberal Transformation of Media Ecosystems
EconomicsFake NewsDisinformationPropagandaMedia Ecosystems- lexfridman
Nic Carter on Bitcoin's Core Values, Monetary Policy, and the Philosophy of Decentralized Finance
FinanceDecentralized financeBitcoin protocolBitcoin (asset)Non-discretionary monetary policy - psychacks
The Primacy of Behavior: How Objective Observation Reveals True Desires
PsychologyEpistemologySubjective ExperienceObjective ObservationBehavioral Analysis - psychacks
The Unprovable Self and the Concept of God: Finding Order in Chaos for Non-Believers
PhilosophyAgnosticismAtheismEmpirical evidenceExperiential relationship
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