Closer To Truth’s Ultimate Matters

Science & Philosophy
Producer: Getzels Gordon Productions & The Kuhn Foundation
Rights: Unlimited, 4/25/24 to 4/30/2026 (Live Linear Streaming available)
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Episode 101:  What is Truth?

Everyone wants to know ‘Truth’. But what is Truth? People argue about Truth; people fight about Truth—consider politics and religion. But what is the basic meaning of Truth itself?

Episode 102:  What is Ultimate Reality?

What’s the deepest nature of things? Our world is complex, filled with so much stuff. But down below, what’s fundamental? Only the physical world? Or anything nonphysical? 

Episode 103:  Why the Cosmos?

The search for meaning and purpose is humanity’s never-ending quest.  It is said that “How Questions” belong to the realm of science, but “Why Questions” do not. Yet startling scientific discoveries offer radical powers of explanation. 

Episode 104:  What Things Really Exist?

When you think deeply about “what things really exist”, you see the whole world anew. It’s such a simple question; how does it inspire such profound insight?

Episode 105:  Are There Things Not Material?

Is the natural, physical world all-there-is? Or is there something more—a supernatural, nonphysical existence? I was trained in science, so I should be a naturalist. I’m not so sure.

Episode 106:  Is the Anthropic Principle Significant?

Here’s the claim: conditions of the universe relate to the presence of observers. Does the Anthropic Principle convey deep insights? Or thwart science? It’s controversial and often misunderstood.

Episode 107:  Does Metaphysics Reveal Reality?

Some think metaphysics is ancient nonsense; others that it’s the bizarre occult. Real metaphysics asks the most profound questions, seeks the deepest truths.

Episode 108:  Why is There “Something” Rather than “Nothing”?

This is the ultimate question: What if wverything had forever been nothing? Not just emptiness, not just blankness, but not even the existence of emptiness, not even the meaning of blankness, and no forever. If you don’t get dizzy, you really don’t get it.

Episode 109:  What is Nothing?

What if nothing ever existed? Scientists claim that the universe came from nothing. But what’s the nature of nothing? That’s where the confusion lies.

Episode 110:  Why Anything at All?

Why is there a world, a cosmos, something—instead of absolutely nothing at all? Of all the big questions, this is the biggest. Why? What can we learn from “Nothing”?

Episode 111:  What is Causation?

Why does one thing ‘cause’ another thing? Is causation fundamental,—not reducible to, or explainable by, anything else? Or is causation a human construct, derivative, artificial? At stake is what existence is about.

Episode 112:  Can the Cosmos have a Reason?

Can we know the reason for the universe, if there is any? But is it even possible for the universe to have a reason? If yes, how would natural regularities and rules compare with some kind of goal or God?

Episode 113:  Why Mind, Not Nothing?

To solve the great mystery ‘Why does Anything At All Exist?’, many invoke ‘God’. But isn’t God also ‘Anything’? How could God be the reason why there is ‘Something’ rather than ‘Nothing’?