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Witnessing and translating
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What happens when we take philosophy into the field? This week we’re talking archaeology, with focus on feminism, tensions between indigenous and Western scientific knowledge, and the principles of reconciliation.
Released:
Jun 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Proof and beauty: Mathematicians routinely refer to complex proofs in aesthetic terms, citing their 'elegance' or 'beauty'. This has partly to do with the social aspect of such proofs—far from being a hermetic or exclusively cerebral practice, mathematics has never strayed by Philosopher's Zone