Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Philosophy of religion debates • arguments for/against God • Pascal’s Wager, fine-tuning, ontological, moral, contingency, Kalam • problem of evil, divine hiddenness, foreknowledge/free will, Molinism • philosophy of mind: physicalism vs dualism, souls • ethics: natural law, sexual ethics, effective altruism, evolutionary debunking • infinity paradoxes/cosmic origins • academic practice: publishing, doing philosophy, YouTube
This podcast focuses on explaining, analyzing, and assessing contemporary debates in analytic philosophy, with a strong emphasis on philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. Much of the discussion centers on arguments for and against God’s existence and the rationality of religious belief, including probabilistic reasoning and decision theory, the evidential role of fine-tuning, and classic problem-cases such as evil and divine hiddenness. It often treats these topics in an explicitly argumentative way, laying out key premises, mapping objections, and comparing competing responses.
Across the episodes, listeners can also expect sustained engagement with questions about consciousness and the mind–body relationship, especially disputes between physicalism and dualism. These discussions commonly involve issues like mental causation, causal closure, personal identity, and whether “souls” are needed to explain experience and agency. Related metaphysical themes include paradoxes of infinity and time, especially “Grim Reaper” and Benardete-style puzzles used in cosmological arguments, alongside critiques of how scientific cosmology is invoked in apologetic contexts.
In addition to core metaphysics and philosophy of religion, the podcast regularly branches into ethics and epistemology. Topics include whether beliefs can wrong other people (with special attention to racist beliefs and doxastic responsibility), evolutionary “debunking” arguments aimed at moral knowledge, and applied-ethics disputes around effective altruism, charitable obligation, sexual ethics, and political decision-making about abortion. Some episodes also address theological-philosophical questions internal to religious systems, such as divine foreknowledge and human freedom, Molinism, the ethics of hell and universalism, and debates about miracles and resurrection claims.
A recurring format is structured discussion and debate with academic philosophers and other public intellectuals, alongside occasional “how-to” content on philosophical practice—such as publishing, constructing rigorous arguments, and communicating philosophy through academic-style media.
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Episodes:
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Pascal's Wager: A Crash Course
2025-Dec-21
43 minutes
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The SECRET SAUCE for publishing in philosophy
2025-Dec-07
41 minutes
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Do racist beliefs wrong others?
2025-Nov-23
32 minutes
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Did Jesus rise from the dead?
2025-Nov-20
120 minutes
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Philosophers RESPECTFULLY debate physicalism and dualism
2025-Nov-15
98 minutes
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Philosophers DEBATE whether souls exist
2025-Nov-09
69 minutes
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How to Publish a Paper
2025-Sep-14
75 minutes
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Does Fine-Tuning PROVE God's Existence?
2025-Sep-01
125 minutes
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How to Make Academic YouTube Videos
2025-Aug-31
36 minutes
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Philosophers DEBATE God's existence
2025-Aug-30
77 minutes
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Every objection to dualism DEBUNKED
2025-Aug-30
127 minutes
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The ULTIMATE Guide to Divine Foreknowledge vs. Human Freedom
2025-Aug-30
119 minutes
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Is this the BEST argument for universalism?
2025-Aug-30
77 minutes
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Philosophers CALMLY DISCUSS whether God exists
2025-Aug-30
37 minutes
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Why Natural Law Theory is FALSE
2025-Aug-30
140 minutes
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Causal Finitism and Grim Reaper Paradoxes | A Panel Discussion
2025-Aug-30
85 minutes
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The Mind-Body Problem SOLVED?
2025-Aug-30
83 minutes
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Why physicalism is FALSE
2025-Aug-30
107 minutes
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Does evolution DEBUNK morality?
2025-Feb-27
86 minutes
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Professional ethicist REBUTS Catholic apologist on sexual ethics
2025-Feb-27
113 minutes
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The ULTIMATE Guide to the Problem of Evil
2025-Feb-27
166 minutes
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The best argument for atheism you've NEVER heard
2025-Feb-27
35 minutes
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Debunking Arguments
2025-Feb-27
71 minutes
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Why Cameron Bertuzzi MUST take atheism seriously
2025-Feb-27
78 minutes
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William Lane Craig responds to me (and makes even more mistakes)
2025-Feb-27
86 minutes
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Answering a DOZEN objections to effective altruism
2025-Feb-27
73 minutes
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Philosophers RANK arguments for and against God's existence
2025-Feb-27
87 minutes
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Does this philosopher have the BEST arguments for God?
2025-Feb-26
67 minutes
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Why the moral argument for God's existence fails
2025-Feb-26
92 minutes
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How William Lane Craig misrepresents science
2025-Feb-26
128 minutes
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The new REBUTTED case for God's existence
2025-Feb-26
165 minutes
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If God exists, is everything permitted? | Dr. Justin Mooney & Dr. Luis Oliveira
2025-Feb-25
95 minutes
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Against single-issue pro-life voting
2025-Feb-25
54 minutes
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Grim Reaper Paradoxes and Patchwork Principles | Ft. @Friction
2025-Feb-25
47 minutes
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Arguments for and against Molinism | Dr. Daniel Rubio
2025-Feb-25
118 minutes
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A problem for effective altruism? | Dr. Travis Timmerman
2025-Feb-25
77 minutes
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The Modal Ontological Argument: An Analysis
2025-Feb-25
127 minutes
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Causal finitism is NOT the best solution to infinity paradoxes
2025-Feb-25
79 minutes
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Are we moral monsters? | Peter Singer on Charitable Giving
2025-Feb-25
19 minutes
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Pascal's Wager | Dr. Al Hájek and Dr. Liz Jackson
2025-Feb-25
94 minutes
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Why atheists can blame Trent Horn for his bad arguments
2025-Feb-25
73 minutes
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How to excel at philosophy
2025-Feb-25
49 minutes
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Avoid These 15 Mistakes about Free Will, Christianity, and Consciousness
2024-Feb-27
70 minutes
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LEVEL UP by avoiding These Mistakes about God
2024-Feb-27
59 minutes
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Grim Reapers and Endless Futures: A Problem for the Kalam
2024-Feb-27
52 minutes
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Debate Review: Does Free Will Exist? with Sapolsky vs. Huemer
2024-Feb-27
111 minutes
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These Mistakes are RUINING your Philosophy of Religion Gains
2024-Feb-27
76 minutes
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Common Mistakes about the Moral Argument, Fine-Tuning, and Ontological Arguments
2024-Feb-27
106 minutes
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32 CAREER-ENDING Mistakes about the Kalam and Contingency Arguments
2024-Feb-27
117 minutes
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Fine-Tuning, Cosmic Purpose, and Psychophysical Harmony with Philip Goff
2024-Feb-27
82 minutes
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Is Everything Necessary? with Josh Rasmussen and Amy Karofsky
2024-Feb-27
72 minutes
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Skeptical Theism and the Problem of Evil with Dr. Perry Hendricks
2024-Feb-27
97 minutes
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Is Moral Realism the Common Sense View? with Lance Bush
2024-Feb-27
111 minutes
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Whatever Begins to Exist has a Cause? with Dr. Daniel Linford
2024-Feb-27
33 minutes
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Science Doesn’t Say the Universe Began with Dr. Daniel Linford
2024-Feb-24
74 minutes
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Do Composite Objects Exist? with Dr. Eric Olson
2024-Feb-24
43 minutes
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Theism is Rational, but Trent Horn is Wrong
2024-Feb-24
92 minutes
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The Kalam's Causal Principle: An Analysis
2024-Feb-23
230 minutes
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You MUST watch this video with Dr. Amy Karofsky
2024-Feb-23
81 minutes
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Ontological Arguments from Anselm to Gödel
2024-Feb-23
63 minutes
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Is the Future Open with Dr. Patrick Todd
2024-Feb-23
95 minutes
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Religious Naturalism with Graham Oppy and Eric Steinhart
2024-Feb-23
76 minutes
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How to Research, Write, and Publish in Philosophy
2024-Feb-23
81 minutes
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New Objections To The Kalam Still Work
2024-Feb-23
114 minutes
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God, Time, and Creation | MoR No. 107
2023-Aug-09
57 minutes
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Persistence and Laws of Nature with Dr. David Builes | MoR No. 106
2023-Aug-09
101 minutes
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Contingency Arguments, Idealism with InspiringPhilosophy | MoR No. 105
2023-Jul-01
90 minutes
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Intuition: An Analysis | MoR No. 104
2023-Jul-01
100 minutes
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The Experience Machine | MoR No. 103
2023-Jul-01
31 minutes
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A New Solution to the Problem of Freedom and Foreknowledge | MoR No. 102
2023-Jul-01
47 minutes
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Rebutting Trent Horn’s Rebuttal of Alex O’Connor | MoR No. 101
2023-Jul-01
84 minutes
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A New Argument Against Causal Finitism | MoR No. 100
2023-Jul-01
56 minutes
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Universalism and Eternal Hell with Josh Rasmussen Eric Reitan | MoR No. 99
2023-May-10
124 minutes
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The Ethics of Abortion with @The Counsel of Trent & @Dustin Crummett | (MoR No. 98)
2022-Oct-02
121 minutes
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Moral Arguments for God: An Analysis (MoR No. 97)
2022-Sep-28
90 minutes
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Moral Realism with Dr. Michael Huemer & Dr. Don Loeb | (MoR No. 96)
2022-Sep-28
94 minutes
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A Crash Course in Philosophy of Religion | (MoR No. 95)
2022-Sep-28
88 minutes
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Hilbert's Hotel: A Comprehensive Response | (MoR No. 94)
2022-Sep-28
194 minutes
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12 Design Arguments: An Analysis | (MoR No. 93)
2022-Sep-28
75 minutes
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What is Fundamental with Dr. Paul Draper & Dr. Josh Rasmussen | (MoR No. 92)
2022-Sep-28
104 minutes
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10k AMA Answers! | (MoR No. 91)
2022-Sep-28
276 minutes
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11 Ontological Arguments: An Analysis | (MoR No. 89)
2022-Sep-15
85 minutes
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Responding to Dr. Chad McIntosh on my 12-Hour Video | (MoR No. 88)
2022-Sep-15
19 minutes
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Graham Oppy responds to Josh Rasmussen's Ontological Argument | (MoR No. 87)
2022-Sep-15
103 minutes
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20 Cosmological Arguments: An Analysis | (MoR No. 86)
2022-Sep-15
156 minutes
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What has Cameron learned from @Capturing Christianity | (MoR No. 85)
2022-Sep-15
45 minutes
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Over 100 Arguments for God ANSWERED | (MoR No. 84)
2022-Sep-15
715 minutes
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Pantheism vs. The Kalam Cosmological Argument | (MoR No. 83)
2022-Sep-15
63 minutes
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Naturalism, Classical Theism, and First Causes | (MoR No. 82)
2022-Sep-15
67 minutes
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How to Write a KILLER Philosophy Paper | (MoR No. 81)
2022-Sep-15
55 minutes
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Divine Contradictions and Non-Classical Logic with Dr. Jc Beall & Mike DeVito | (MoR No. 80)
2022-Sep-14
84 minutes
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God doesn't exist (April Fools Vid) | (MoR No. 79)
2022-Sep-14
19 minutes
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Moral Realism and Metaethics with Dr. Russ Shafer-Landau and @Kane B | (MoR No. 78)
2022-Sep-14
75 minutes
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The Argument for God from Logic | (MoR No. 77)
2022-Sep-14
49 minutes
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Is Omniscience Possible with Dr. Josh Rasmussen | (MoR No. 76)
2022-Sep-14
83 minutes
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Platonism and Theistic Conceptualism with Dr. Scott Berman & Gunther Laird | (MoR No. 75)
2022-Sep-14
39 minutes
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Rebutting REBUTTING an atheistic documentary on the Kalam by @The Counsel of Trent | (MoR No. 74)
2022-Sep-14
182 minutes
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Causal Finitism and The Kalam with Dr. Alex Malpass & Dr. Wes Morriston | (MoR No. 73)
2022-Sep-14
159 minutes
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A Modal Argument for Moral Realism | (MoR No. 72)
2022-Sep-14
42 minutes
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Theistic Conceptualism, Divine Simplicity, and Platonism | (MoR No. 71)
2022-Sep-14
114 minutes
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The Providential Collapse Argument Against Classical Theism | (MoR No. 70)
2022-Sep-14
49 minutes
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Theist Tier List | (MoR No. 69)
2022-Sep-10
43 minutes
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The Intentional Collapse Argument Against Classical Theism | (MoR No. 68)
2022-Sep-10
48 minutes
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Defending Nominalism with Dr. Kenny Boyce | (MoR No. 67)
2022-Sep-10
115 minutes
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Four Ontological Arguments in 12 Minutes | (MoR No. 66)
2022-Sep-10
11 minutes
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Feser's Embarrassingly Bad Arguments Against Platonism | (MoR No. 65)
2022-Sep-10
21 minutes
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A User's Guide to the Modal Ontological Argument | (MoR No. 64)
2022-Sep-10
83 minutes
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Ontological Arguments with Elephant Philosophy | (MoR No. 63)
2022-Sep-10
53 minutes
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Omniscience, Time, and Freedom | (MoR No. 62)
2022-Sep-10
45 minutes
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A Failed Demonstration of God's Existence | (MoR No. 61)
2022-Sep-10
225 minutes
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Has Trent Horn Disproved Christianity? | (MoR No. 60)
2022-Sep-10
161 minutes
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The Successive Addition Argument with Elephant Philosophy | (MoR No. 59)
2022-Sep-10
18 minutes
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Existence and Ontological Pluralism wtih Dr. Trenton Merricks | (MoR No. 58)
2022-Sep-10
80 minutes
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Do abstract objects prove God? | (MoR No. 57)
2022-Sep-07
102 minutes
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Does Modal Collapse Disprove Classical Theism? | (MoR No. 56)
2022-Sep-07
81 minutes
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The Luck Objection to Libertarianism | (MoR No. 55)
2022-Sep-07
16 minutes
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Atheism, Nihilism, and Platonism with Dr. Eric Steinhart | (MoR No. 54)
2022-Sep-07
70 minutes
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3k AMA Answers! | (MoR No. 53)
2022-Sep-07
208 minutes
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Can God Change the Past with Dr. Sam Lebens & Dr. Ryan Mullins | (MoR No. 52)
2022-Sep-07
79 minutes
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Arguments Against Classical Theism (Part 1/3) | (MoR No. 51)
2022-Sep-07
251 minutes
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Platonism and the Objects of Science with Dr. Scott Berman | (MoR No. 50)
2022-Sep-05
89 minutes
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Feser's Neo-Platonic Proof: An Analysis | (MoR No. 49)
2022-Sep-05
110 minutes
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The Kalam and Successive Addition with Dr. Wes Morriston | (MoR 48)
2022-Sep-05
62 minutes
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Are We Bodies or Souls (Dr. Richard Swinburne) | (MoR No. 47)
2022-Sep-05
56 minutes
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From Abstracta to Atheism with Dr. Felipe Leon | (MoR No. 46)
2022-Sep-03
71 minutes
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The Endless Future and the Grim Reaper Paradox with Dr. Alex Malpass | (MoR No. 45)
2022-Sep-03
75 minutes
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Scientific Realism and Antirealism with @Kane B | (MoR No. 44)
2022-Sep-03
68 minutes
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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom with Dr. Taylor Cyr and Sean Clements | (MoR No. 43)
2022-Sep-03
78 minutes
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Arguments for Classical Theism (Part 2 2) | (MoR No. 42)
2022-Sep-03
130 minutes
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Arguments for Classical Theism (Part 1/2) | (MoR No. 41)
2022-Sep-03
181 minutes
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How do you know with Dr. Andrew Moon | (MoR No. 40)
2022-Sep-03
113 minutes
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Hilbert’s Hotel and Craig’s Kalam with Dr. Alex Malpass | (MoR No. 39)
2022-Sep-03
107 minutes
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Feser's Neo-Platonic Proof: An Analysis | (MoR. 38)
2022-Sep-03
110 minutes
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Is the Past Finite with Dr. Josh Rasmussen & Dr. Alex Malpass | (MoR No. 37)
2022-Aug-29
114 minutes
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Contingency Arguments and the PSR with @Elephant Philosophy | (MoR No. 36)
2022-Aug-29
130 minutes
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Kalamity at Creation with Dr. Erik Wielenberg | (MoR No. 35)
2022-Aug-29
74 minutes
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To wager, or not to wager, that is the question with Dr. Liz Jackson | (MoR No. 34)
2022-Aug-29
87 minutes
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Classical Theism and Divine Timelessness with Dr. Kate Rogers & Dr. Ryan Mullins | (MoR No. 33)
2022-Aug-29
83 minutes
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The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument | (MoR No. 32)
2022-Aug-29
114 minutes
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Grim Reapers, Causal Finitism, and the Kalam with Dr. Alex Malpass | (MoR No 31)
2022-Aug-29
104 minutes
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Ontological Arguments with Dr. Tyron Goldschmidt | (MoR. 30)
2022-Aug-27
103 minutes
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Moral Disagreement and Moral Realism | (MoR. 29)
2022-Aug-27
99 minutes
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Aquinas's Third Way: An Analysis | (MoR No. 28)
2022-Aug-27
42 minutes
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What is Philosophy? | (MoR No. 27)
2022-Aug-27
34 minutes
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Aquinas's First Way: An Analysis | (MoR No. 26)
2022-Aug-27
96 minutes
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Theism and Eternalism Friends or Enemies with Dr. Ryan Mullins | (MoR No. 25)
2022-Aug-27
98 minutes
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Existential Inertia Defended (Part 2/2) | (MoR No. 24)
2022-Aug-27
33 minutes
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Existential Inertia Defended (Part 1/2) | (MoR No. 23)
2022-Aug-25
81 minutes
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Is Gratitude to an Impassible God Appropriate with Dr. Marcus Hunt | (MoR No. 22)
2022-Aug-25
81 minutes
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Existential Inertia: A User's Guide | (MoR No. 21)
2022-Aug-25
49 minutes
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Dialogue Across Ideological Barriers with John DeRosa | (MoR No. 20)
2022-Aug-23
55 minutes
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Is God an Angsty Teen (Dr. Ryan Mullins on God & Emotion) | (MoR No. 19)
2022-Aug-23
95 minutes
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Natural Law Theory and Sexuality with Dr. Dustin Crummett & Dr. Brian Besong | (MoR No. 18)
2022-Aug-23
125 minutes
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Is Divine Simplicity Compatible with Trinitarianism with Dr. Rob Koons & Dr. Ryan Mullins | (MoR No. 17)
2022-Aug-23
83 minutes
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A Demonstration of God's Existence (Response to Trent Horn) | (MoR No. 16)
2022-Aug-23
73 minutes
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Why am I Agnostic? | (MoR No. 15)
2022-Aug-23
104 minutes
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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom | (MoR No. 14)
2022-Aug-23
24 minutes
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How to Discuss the Nature of Reality with Dr. Josh Rasmussen | (MoR No. 13)
2022-Aug-23
115 minutes
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Classical Theism and the Problem of Extrinsic Change with Dr. Ryan Mullins | (MoR. 12)
2022-Aug-23
96 minutes
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From Necessary Being to God with Dr. Graham Oppy & Dr. Rob Koons | (MoR No. 11)
2022-Aug-23
77 minutes
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Answering Classical Theist Objections to Neo-Classical Theism with Dr. Ryan Mullins | (MoR No. 10)
2022-Aug-23
112 minutes
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Some Paradoxes of Infinity | (MoR No. 9)
2022-Aug-23
40 minutes
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From Contingency to God with Steven Nemes | (MoR No. 8)
2022-Aug-23
44 minutes
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The Aloneness Argument Against Classical Theism | (MoR No. 7)
2022-Aug-23
40 minutes
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Theism and the Argument from Material Causality with Dr. Felipe Leon | (MoR No. 6)
2022-Aug-23
106 minutes
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Cosmological Arguments from Contingency | (MoR No. 5)
2022-Aug-23
32 minutes
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Dr. Graham Oppy on the Nature of Arguments (With Existential Inertia as Bonus) | (MoR No. 4)
2022-Aug-23
136 minutes
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New Atheism and its Critics | (MoR No. 3)
2022-Aug-23
30 minutes
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Nontraditional Arguments for Theism (Part 2/2) | (MoR No. 2)
2022-Aug-23
17 minutes
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Nontraditional Arguments for Theism (Part 1/2) | (MoR No. 1)
2022-Aug-22
39 minutes
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Are We Bodies or Souls? with Dr. Richard Swinburne and Ashkan
2021-Oct-26
56 minutes
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Can God Change the Past? with Dr. Sam Lebens and Dr. Ryan Mullins
2021-Oct-16
75 minutes
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