Dive into the deep roots of the Scientific Revolution and how they still shape what we call “reality” today.In this episode, Igor Sobkowicz, Taylor Lankford, and Joe Penrod explore how early modern thinkers shattered inherited worldviews, why our perception of reality is more fragile than we like to admit, and what this means for knowledge, truth, and the future of science itself. We trace the shift from pre-modern metaphysics to experimental method, the birth of modern epistemology, and the tension between faith, reason, and empirical evidence. Along the way, we wrestle with questions like: What can we really know? How do paradigms frame what counts as a “fact”? And are we on the edge of another revolution in scientific discovery?If you’re interested in philosophy of science, theology, epistemology, or just love asking “How do we know what we know?”, this conversation is for you. Chapters: (00:00) Introduction (08:09) Can Belief in God Support Rational Science? (12:20) Why the History of Science Changes Everything (18:04) Galileo, the Inquisition, and What Really Happened (25:20) Were the “Dark Ages” Actually Dark? (28:20) What Is Science? Science vs. Technology (31:07) Science as a Method (37:10) Theology and an Ordered Universe (45:00) Hume’s Skepticism and the Crisis of Causality (1:08:00) Darwin, Design, and “It Only Looks Designed” (1:20:00) Intelligent Design, Information, and Future Science (1:30:00) Where the Next Scientific Revolution May Come From (1:44:30) Final Thoughts ---------------------------------------------- Sources/Attributions:"Image: “Derrida-by-Pablo-Secca” by Pablosecca, used under CC BY 3.0.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Derrida-by-Pablo-Secca.jpgLicense: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/""Image: “AVT Gilles-Deleuze 6342” by Tintinades, licensed under CC BY‑SA 4.0.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AVT_Gilles-Deleuze_6342.webpLicense: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/""Image: “John Henry, HSS 2008” by G.P. Alexander, licensed under CC BY‑SA 3.0.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Henry,_HSS_2008.jpgLicense: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/""Portrait of Gerald Schroeder by Michael Netzer, via Wikimedia Commons (file “Portrait_of_Gerald_Schroeder.jpg”), used under CC BY‑SA 3.0. Changes: cropped for video.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Gerald_Schroeder.jpghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/""Portrait of Thomas S. Kuhn by Davi.trip, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY‑SA 4.0. Changes: image cropped and color‑adjusted.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas-kuhn-portrait.pnghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/""Photo of Jared Diamond by Steve Jurvetson, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY‑SA 2.0. Changes: image cropped and color‑adjusted.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jared_Diamond_author_academic.jpghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/""Photo of Gabriele Veneziano by Claude Truong‑Ngoc, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY‑SA 3.0. Changes: image cropped and color‑adjusted.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GabrieleVeneziano.jpghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/""Photo of Leonard Susskind by original author as credited on Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY‑SA 3.0. Changes: image cropped and color‑adjusted.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeonardSusskindStanfordNov2013.jpghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"Photo of Richard Dawkins by David Shankbone, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution). Changes: image cropped and colors adjusted.
