The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics Episode 7, Are Atoms Real? Episode 7, Are Atoms Real?.
Streaming video - 2020
Compare proof for the reality of atoms with evidence for the existence of Santa Claus. Both are problematic hypotheses! Trace the history of atomic theory and the philosophical resistance to it. End with Bas van Fraassen’s idea of “constructive empiricism,” which holds that successful theories ought only to be empirically adequate since we can never know with certainty what is real.
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