Race in America is one of the most taboo subjects you can talk about. What is desperately needed is a respectful, honest, and reasonable conversation about race between two people with different skin colors. I’m joined by TK Coleman, who is the Education Director at Praxis.
Previous Guest Appearance: Episode 27: Intellectual Optimism
Omnipotent. Omniscient. Omnibenevolent. These are the descriptions that theists often give when talking about God. But are they the only conceptions of God that are possible?
My guest today is Dr. John Bishop, who has written about non-standard conceptions of theism. We talk about his criticisms of the OmniGod, in addition to some fundamental concepts about faith and belief.
Do we live in a post-truth world? What does that term even mean?
I’m joined by Dr. Robert Nola, who has been teaching at the University of Auckland for almost half a century. We discuss fundamental questions about truth, talk about what “post-truth” means, and also cover the methodology of “faith” in the philosophy of religion.
What is the cause of somebody’s stroke? Is it the laws of physics? The mechanics of biology? The choices that they made? Or perhaps it’s all of the above?
My guest today is Dr. Mario De Caro, who has an interesting answer to these questions. He is a metaphysical pluralist, who believes in multiple categories of existence and causation, each of which is not reducible to the other.
Merry Christmas and Bah Humbug! When I left Cambridge a few months ago, I streamed a live video explaining my dissatisfaction with the quality of interviews there. This is my honest analysis of one of those interviews.
Also included: my attempt at rationally explaining the connection between Jesus and the Christian God. Pure heresy, I’m sure.
Drug prohibition causes more harm than good – that’s the argument from libertarians like Dr. Jeff Miron of Harvard. He analyzes the topic from both an economic and practical standpoint.
In this episode, we also discuss the role of government in providing a social safety net. Can private charity do a better job than public charity? Jeff thinks so, and I agree with him.