Uncovering the Universe | Claudia de Rham, Hilary Lawson and Sundar Sarukkai

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Claudia de Rham, Hilary Lawson and Sundar Sarukkai ask if science can explain the universe.

From Newton to Darwin and Einstein, scientists have presented their theories as uncovering the true nature of the world. Yet one of the most central theories, quantum mechanics, seems to make this impossible. Its founding father, Heisenberg, concluded that science was not able to describe reality. Today in many different fields scientists refer to their theories as models rather than descriptions of reality. Yet still promote the public image that they are uncovering how things ultimately are. Is it time to jettison the idea that science is uncovering the ultimate form of the universe? Or is it essential to the scientific project to maintain the dream of discovering the very nature of reality once and for all?

Theoretical physicist Claudia de Rham, Closure theorist Hilary Lawson and philosopher and author of Translating the World: Science and Language Sundar Sarukkai go head to head to investigate whether science can really uncover the secrets of the universe. Philosopher James Ladyman hosts.

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Hilary Lawson is an English philosopher. Known for his theory of closure, he is director of the Institute of Art and Ideas and founder of the philosophy festival HowTheLightGetsIn. He has also had a journalistic and documentary career, and is the founder of TVF Media.

Claudia de Rham is a Swiss theoretical physicist working at the interface of gravity, cosmology and particle physics. She is based at Imperial College London.

Sundar Sarukkai was, till 2019, a professor of philosophy at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. He was also the Founder-Director of the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities. His work is primarily in the philosophy of natural and social sciences.

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