Parker's Pensées

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by Dr./Pastor Warren Lamb to talk more about the goods and bads of secular psychology. Dr. Lamb has earned a PhD is psychology but has opted to practice what is known as biblical counseling instead. In this episode and our previous discussion, Warren explains why he doesn't continue to practice psychology  If you like this...

In this episode, I share some of my thoughts about Descartes's c ogito ergo sum argument. I've heard from just about all sides, that Descartes's dictum is a blatantly fallacious argument and as such, it is a massive failure. But after reading Descartes for myself, I'm not so sure. Now I think the cogito is actually a successful transcendental argument. Check out this episode for my reasons why.&nb...

In this episode, Dr. Chris Bolt joins me to discuss transcendental arguments in general and 'the' transcendental argument for God (TAG) in particular and whether or not TAG is natural theology or something else.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode...

In this episode, PhD candidate, Jared Oliphint, joins me to discuss some of his work on the metaphysics of language and his arguments against a nominalist interpretation. We also get into a bunch of random topics like the ontological status of Samwise Gamgee. Jared is the man! If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Par...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined once again by professor of philosophy and religion, Dr. Owen Anderson. This time we discuss three of the most preachy dystopian novels of the 20th century. Dr. Anderson argues that each book ends up giving a non-cognitive answer to the problem of dystopia and I give him some push back, but end up agreeing with him. Let us know what you th...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast I'm joined by my friend Dr. Paul Maxwell to talk about the Problem of Divine Consciousness but we ended up talking about the nature of theology, philosophy, the promise of theology, as well as Paul's Van Tilian answer to the problem of divine consciousness raised by Matt McCormick.    For more from Paul check out his website: https://paulma...

In this episode, I'm joined once again by my friend and mentor, Dr. Paul Gould. Paul is working on a new book called 11 Stones which invites skeptics and non-believers to consider the Christian worldview from the inside. Paul just finished his chapter on meaning and was gracious enough to share it with us on air.  If you want to hear more from Paul, find him at https://www.twotasksinstitute.o...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Michael Rea of Notre Dame   to discuss his answers to the hiddenness argument against the existence or the belief in the existence of God, particularly the God of Christian Theism. We cover much of his book "The Hiddenness of God" in this episode but I strongly recommend you grab the book for yourself.  If you like t...

In this episode, Dr. Sean Ressler joins me once more but this time we talk about the speed of light and the physics of time travel.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant access to all the episode as I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it out here: P...

In this episode, I'm joined by my friend and stand-up comic, Jared Kassebaum. Jared tells us the story of how he came to be a comic and how it's been going since COVID. Jared is a tender and hilarious soul. I really love this dude. Check out some of his stuff in the links below and let him know we sent you! https://www.instagram.com/kassthebomb/ https://www.youtube.com/user/KassTheBombTV  If...

In this episode I begin my solo series on the 102 great ideas of the Western Tradition, following Mortimer Adler's Syntopicon. Rather than just sticking  with the problem of definition, I try to apply the problem to the field of philosophy. I hope you like it!  Check out the blog post to help you metabolize all the definition language and the definitions themselves: https://parkersetteca...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, my friend Chris comes on to school me on all things Palpatine/Darth Sidious and the history of the Sith. We end up getting into a tiny bit of Old Testament because Chris is a major OT buff.  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's Pensées sticker and instant...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Matthew Flummer joins me to discuss his work on "historicism" in the field of free will/moral responsibility. That is, that your history matters for your moral culpability or lack there of. It's a really fun one!  Hear more from Matt at https://thefreewillshow.com/ If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a mon...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast Dr. and Pastor Warren Lamb comes on to school us on the relationship between biblical counseling and psychology. Warren has earned a PhD in psychology and keeps up with the psychological research, but has opted instead to practice biblical counseling instead. In this episode, he explains his reasons for his move as I ask him a spate of questions and...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, we are joined once more by Dr. Owen Anderson, professor of philosophy and religious studies at Arizona State University, to discuss the conception of wisdom in the book of Proverbs and how that relates to Plato's take on wisdom. We also discuss Plato's philosopher-king and Jordan Peterson's take on wisdom and religion. We also try to answer whether...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. R.T. Mullins joins me to discuss his forthcoming Philosophia Christi article, "The Divine Timemaker". Dr. Mullins is a beast! We cover lots of difficulties inherent in the idea that God invented or created time.    For more from Dr. Mullins, check out https://www.rtmullins.com/  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Greg Brashear of Greg's Turtle Haven to talk about his journey into the world of turtles and the rescue work he does for turtles of all shapes and sizes. Greg is an awesome guy and runs one of my absolute favorite YouTube channels.    check out Greg's video on musk turtles here:  https://youtu.be/WgbB9vZDvzs Check out Gr...

In this episode, PhD candidate Steven Nemes comes on to discuss the doctrine of divine simplicity and its implications for Christian theology. We also get into phenomenology as he seeks to convert me over from analytic philosophy/theology. This was a really fun one!  If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any amount helps, and for $5 you get a Parker's...

In part 3 of my conversation with Dr. Brandon Rickabaugh on his doctoral dissertation, we go over some of his arguments from the unity of phenomenal consciousness against a Panpsychist and Emergentist theories of mind. If you don't know what any of that means, fear not, Brandon will define his terms for you, and if you still don't get them, then go back and listen to episode 45 where he spends a w...

In part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Brandon Rickabaugh on his doctoral dissertation, we go over some of his arguments from the unity of phenomenal consciousness against a physicalist theory of mind. If you don't know what any of that means, fear not, Brandon will define his terms for you, and if you still don't get them, then go back and listen to episode 45 where he spends a whole hour defining...

In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Vern Poythress to discuss his new book The Mystery of the Trinity: A Trinitarian Approach to the Attributes of God . Dr. Poythress explains how his threefold approach of Classical Christian Theism, Trinity Doctrine, and Biblical Theology help us better understand God's attributes as he seeks to ground them fully in Scripture.  Grab his new book here: https:/...

This episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast is part 1 of three with doctor of philosophy, Brandon Rickabaugh. In this episode we talk about the importance of studying the philosophy of mind for philosophers, theologians, apologists, social theorists, and more! Brandon then sets up our next two episodes by going into definitions of consciousness, phenomenal consciousness, the unity of consciousnes...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Cory Brock and Dr. Gray Sutanto to discuss the theology and philosophy of Herman Bavinck. These gents really know their stuff and were gracious enough to bounce all over the place with me as we discussed the ins and outs of this legendary polymath. If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $1, $3, or $5 a month. Any...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. John Simons of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School joins us to talk about the history of the Puritans generally, and his own particular study of Puritan law in New England from his dissertation. I took us all over the place and Dr. Simons was generous enough to follow me and give me answers to all of my random questions. If you like this podcast...

In this episode of the Parker's Pensées Podcast, Dr. Michael Preciado comes on to school us on his Reformed view of free will following the work of philosophers John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza and their notion of "Guidance Control".    Grab Dr. Preciado's book, A Reformed View of Freedom, here:   https://amzn.to/34hezXU If you like this podcast, then support it on Patreon for $...