Episode 35 - Steven French

On Episode 35, Nick chats with Steven French, Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Leeds, about  his early interests in "geeky" hobbies, new music, and a motorcycle sport called "Speedway," his intense graduate school days under Heinz Post that ended at 4am in a pitch-black room debating Popper, taking his first permanent academic job at the University of Campinas in Brazil, teaching English to Vietnamese refugees, working with a number of incredible PhD students, identity and individuality in physics, structural realism, the similarities and differences between scientific theories and artworks, his upcoming book on Husserl and the phenomenological approach to quantum mechanics, and why we should see philosophy of science as a part of mainstream philosophy.

Timestamps: 0:15 Hello and welcome 1:53 Steven