Parker's Pensées

In this episode, Kant scholar, Chris Firestone, gives us an intro to Kant and then goes in on his interpretation of Kant's religious views, particularly Kant's views on Christianity. Firestone argues that most people who read Kant stop at the first Critique (of Pure Reason) but to truly know what Kant believed you must read the rest of Kant's critiques (his second and third) along with some of his...

In this episode we discuss God's omniscience in light of qualia experiences like eating a hot dog. We go over Frank Jackson's "What Mary Didn't Know" article and Linda Zagzebski's Omnisubjectivity theory. If you like this podcast, then consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For $5 a month you can get all the episodes the day that I record them instead of waiting for their release date. Check it ou...

In this episode, Dr. Taylor Cyr, professor of philosophy and co-host of The Free Will Show, breaks down the requisite definitions to situate us into the free will conversation and then we discuss his own unique contributions to the conversation on determinism and moral responsibility. His position is called "semicompatibilism". Check out his awesome podcast here: https://thefreewillshow.com/ If yo...

In this episode, Dr. James Anderson joins me to talk all things transcendental arguments. We explain what the heck that means and then discuss Descartes, Kant, Aristotle, Van Til and more as Dr. Anderson recounts some of his own transcendental arguments for the existence of God. It's a tougher one for the uninitiated, but it's not too bad. Rewind and listen over if you aren't following a particula...

In this episode, Dr. Paul Gould explains his particular view of Christian Platonism. We get into lots of metaphysics along the way and he defines his terms very well. He's the man. Enjoy!  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode I define human as being made in the image of God, then I try to flesh out what it means to image God through the Triperspectival method of John Frame. I explain that to image God is to be a re-interpreter, a sub-creator, and an emulative lover. If none of that makes any sense to you, no fear, it will all be explained!  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/...

In this episode, philosopher Dr. Tyler McNabb introduces us to epistemology in general and religious epistemology in particular. He then explains the epistemology of Alvin Plantinga and we recount Tyler's own various advancements on the Plantingian Project. You're going to level up!  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativeco...

In this episode, I discuss science fiction stories with my dad, author Jim Settecase/Frankie Chocolate, and their relation to the Christian faith and God's world. Pops discusses his top 10 favorite sci-fi stories and I make him tell us a couple of his own.  check out his book The Fur Coat to Die For here: https://www.amazon.com/Fur-coat-die-other-stories/dp/1493747878/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&...

In this episode I go over the Fermi Paradox, i.e. the question "if the universe is teeming with Aliens... where is everybody?" and then I discuss how the discovery of aliens would impact my Christian faith.  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, I have a conversation with my friend and mentor, Dr. Jerry Root about his new book, The Neglected C.S. Lewis. We also discuss C.S. Lewis's favorite 3 books from his own corpus, Till We Have Faces, Perelandra, and The Abolition of Man. Jerry is a world-renowned C.S. Lewis scholar and you're going to want to hear what he has to say on Lewis, life, God, and faith. Enjoy!  Time Is Run...

In this episode we kick off our first ever Parker's Pensées Podcast interview with one of my favorite philosophers, Dr. Jim Slagle. This guy is next level. We discuss his book, The Epistemological Skyhook: Determinism, Naturalism, and Self-Defeat. We end up covering lots more philosophy and go in a bit deeper into the specifics of epistemology (the theory of knowledge). This was a dream come true....

In this episode I cover the Liar Paradox, which historically has been some variant of "the sentence you are now reading is a lie". It's paradoxical in that if it's true, then it's false but if it's false then it's true. I give an overview, a couple proposed solutions, my own solution, and then I go over Jewish satirical humor in order to explain the Apostle Paul's answer to the Liar Paradox in Tit...

In this episode, we answer the question in the title by looking at the philosophy of friendship and personhood, the philosophy of artificial intelligence and some problems which arise in it, and then we look at the theology of friendship to justify asking the question in the first place. I hope you enjoy!  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running Lic...

In this episode we go over the extended mind thesis of Andy Clark and David Chalmers and cover a tiny bit of the Harry Potter legendarium in order to answer the question "Is my pocket journal a horcrux?"  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, I survey three answers to this question: a univocal, an equivocal, and an analogical answer.  Ultimately, I side with the analogical answer and I explain why. If you have no clue what any of that means, no worries, you will by the end of the podcast. Enjoy!  Time Is Running by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6203-time-is-running License: http://creativecommon...

In this inaugural episode, I go over various aspects of ethics in order to more fully answer the question "is it ethical to feed mice to Giant African Bullfrogs?"