Phillip Goff

I suppose we've got to start with how do we know about reality? That's a big question. When you look at the world around you, it seems to be filled with colors, sounds, tastes. It's hard to see how you can capture those kinds of qualities in the purely quantitative language of mathematics. In the unique case of consciousness, the thing we are trying to explain is not publicly observable.

I suppose we've got to start with how do we know about reality? That's a big question. When you look at the world around you, it seems to be filled with colors, sounds, tastes. It's hard to see how you can capture those kinds of qualities in the purely quantitative language of mathematics. In the unique case of consciousness, the thing we are trying to explain is not publicly observable.

I suppose we've got to start with how do we know about reality? That's a big question. When you look at the world around you, it seems to be filled with colors, sounds, tastes. It's hard to see how you can capture those kinds of qualities in the purely quantitative language of mathematics. In the unique case of consciousness, the thing we are trying to explain is not publicly observable.

When you look at what physics seems to be pointing at now, its story of what's going on at the fundamental level of reality is wildly esoteric. But here's another question. The question of explanation. Why? What does this mean for us? What does this mean for the meaning and purpose of human existence? That's another question. And it's that question I don't think we can answer with an experiment.

When you look at what physics seems to be pointing at now, its story of what's going on at the fundamental level of reality is wildly esoteric. But here's another question. The question of explanation. Why? What does this mean for us? What does this mean for the meaning and purpose of human existence? That's another question. And it's that question I don't think we can answer with an experiment.

When you look at what physics seems to be pointing at now, its story of what's going on at the fundamental level of reality is wildly esoteric. But here's another question. The question of explanation. Why? What does this mean for us? What does this mean for the meaning and purpose of human existence? That's another question. And it's that question I don't think we can answer with an experiment.

So we need both. We need the science. We also need the philosophy. We really need them to be working together, hand in hand.

So we need both. We need the science. We also need the philosophy. We really need them to be working together, hand in hand.

So we need both. We need the science. We also need the philosophy. We really need them to be working together, hand in hand.

Thanks, Andre. It's great to be here. I'm glad we managed to sort this out.

Thanks, Andre. It's great to be here. I'm glad we managed to sort this out.

Thanks, Andre. It's great to be here. I'm glad we managed to sort this out.

Yeah, no, I think you're so right. I think that there's always philosophical assumptions in the background. Whenever we're doing science, whenever we're investigating reality, and they're so omnipresent, you almost forget they're there. And you just think, no, science is just doing the experiments, getting the data.

Yeah, no, I think you're so right. I think that there's always philosophical assumptions in the background. Whenever we're doing science, whenever we're investigating reality, and they're so omnipresent, you almost forget they're there. And you just think, no, science is just doing the experiments, getting the data.

Yeah, no, I think you're so right. I think that there's always philosophical assumptions in the background. Whenever we're doing science, whenever we're investigating reality, and they're so omnipresent, you almost forget they're there. And you just think, no, science is just doing the experiments, getting the data.

But there are always these worldview assumptions in the background of what we're doing. And Galileo, the father of modern science, did a lot of work in the intellectual, philosophical foundations of the emerging scientific revolution. So I think it is so important to reflect back and see what was going on there and see how it informs what we're doing now and where we're going now.

But there are always these worldview assumptions in the background of what we're doing. And Galileo, the father of modern science, did a lot of work in the intellectual, philosophical foundations of the emerging scientific revolution. So I think it is so important to reflect back and see what was going on there and see how it informs what we're doing now and where we're going now.

But there are always these worldview assumptions in the background of what we're doing. And Galileo, the father of modern science, did a lot of work in the intellectual, philosophical foundations of the emerging scientific revolution. So I think it is so important to reflect back and see what was going on there and see how it informs what we're doing now and where we're going now.

But yeah, I mean, one key move of Galileo was his big declaration in 1623 that from now on, science was going to be purely mathematical, was going to have a purely quantitative language to describe reality. And that was a radically new step, you know, that had never been done before. But he had to do a lot of philosophical work to make sense of that.

But yeah, I mean, one key move of Galileo was his big declaration in 1623 that from now on, science was going to be purely mathematical, was going to have a purely quantitative language to describe reality. And that was a radically new step, you know, that had never been done before. But he had to do a lot of philosophical work to make sense of that.