{"podcast":{"title":"ToKCast","slug":"tokcast-76992","podcast_index_feed_id":76992,"rss_url":"https://brettroberthall.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://brettroberthall.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3210771/TOKCAST_e8uwkp.png","author":"Brett Hall","episode_count":263,"summary":"This is a podcast primarily about the work of philosopher and physicist David Deutsch and related matters (such as Popperian epistemology). I read from and comment upon the books ”The Beginning of Infinity” & ”The Fabric of Reality” (both by Deutsch), ”The Science of Can & Can’t” (by Deutsch’s collegue Marletto) and ”Rationality” by Pinker (so far). In addition I make stand alone episodes about topics like resources, environmentalism, economics, science, philosophy, epistemology (especially explanations) and reason broadly.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T14:17:01.933436+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 256: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 13 ”The Four Strands” Part 2","slug":"ep-256-david-deutsch-s-the-fabric-of-reality-chapter-13-the-four-strands-part-2","published_at":"2026-01-30T11:54:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992/ep-256-david-deutsch-s-the-fabric-of-reality-chapter-13-the-four-strands-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992","url":"https://brettroberthall.podbean.com/e/ep-256-david-deutsch-s-the-fabric-of-reality-chapter-13-the-four-strands-part-2/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tefdr69er3puu25f/Ch_13_Pt_2_podcast6i18q.mp3","summary":"Comparing Kuhn and Popper on Quantum Theory: Here we go deeper into the differences between Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn's account of how science moves from one theory to another. David applies the theory set out in part 1 of this chapter to the specific case of quantum theory. Did social forces have a major impact on whether quantum theory was adopted as Kuhn would have it, or were rational factors like argument and experiment crucial in dictating how science broadly, physics and the community of physicists took on a new \"counter-cultural\" idea?","meta_description":"Comparing Kuhn and Popper on Quantum Theory: Here we go deeper into the differences between Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn's account of how science moves fro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4176,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tokcast-76992/episodes/ep-256-david-deutsch-s-the-fabric-of-reality-chapter-13-the-four-strands-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tokcast-76992/ep-256-david-deutsch-s-the-fabric-of-reality-chapter-13-the-four-strands-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}