{"podcast":{"title":"The Dissenter","slug":"the-dissenter-1161217","podcast_index_feed_id":1161217,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thedissenter.net/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/1264936/1264936-1545566388129-6694711205af.jpg","author":"Ricardo Lopes","episode_count":1272,"summary":"My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:18:50.276160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217"},"episode":{"title":"#1245 Jacob Stegenga - Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry","slug":"1245-jacob-stegenga-heart-of-science-a-philosophy-of-scientific-inquiry","published_at":"2026-04-24T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1245-jacob-stegenga-heart-of-science-a-philosophy-of-scientific-inquiry","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedissenter/episodes/1245-Jacob-Stegenga---Heart-of-Science-A-Philosophy-of-Scientific-Inquiry-e3hiabb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/play/118089515/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-7%2F9a9683c0-eb96-6e95-6a5f-b51bac6a19a1.m4a","summary":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on****** Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/ The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Jacob Stegenga is a Professor of Philosophy at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Most of his research has been in general philosophy of science and philosophy of medicine, though he has worked on a wide range of other topics, including stereotypes, just war theory, and science in a time of crisis. His latest book is Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry. In this episode, we focus on Heart of Science. We discuss what scientific inquiry is, the aim of science, and the concepts of common knowledge, scientific consensus, and justification. We talk about an approach to science focused on justification and not aims, factive approaches to science, and good scientific testimony. We discuss the demarcation problem, and Popper’s approach to it. We talk about whether people should trust science, we explore the example of the COVID-19 pandemic, and we discuss whether “fast science” is justified. We discuss whether science can be value-free. We talk about what scientific progress is, and credit allocation in science. Finall…","meta_description":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6761,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dissenter-1161217/episodes/1245-jacob-stegenga-heart-of-science-a-philosophy-of-scientific-inquiry/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1245-jacob-stegenga-heart-of-science-a-philosophy-of-scientific-inquiry.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}