The Uncertainty Podcast

Dr. Brian Cutter outlines the argument from psychophysical harmony for theism and responds to Graham Oppy's recent critique. Check out Crummett and Cutter's article defending the argument from psychophysical harmony: To support the channel, do please oh please⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating⁠⁠⁠⁠ .⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tw...

Dr. Mike Licona, professor of New Testament Studies at Houston Christian University, joins me to discuss the philosophy of history, whether a historian can determine if an event like the resurrection of Jesus happened, and then, if they can, whether the evidence is in fact sufficient to conclude that two-thousand years ago, Jesus rose from the dead. Check our Dr. Licona's book, " The Resu...

Michael Huemer returns to the podcast to discuss his philosophical argument for reincarnation. If time is infinite, then the probability that you have lived multiple times - indeed, an infinite number of times - is 100%. I am not so sure about this argument. Check out Huemer's published version of the reincarnation argument, as well as his Substack . To support the channel, do please oh please⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Troy Dana joins me to debate the fine-tuning argument for God, as well as his anti-design fine-tuning argument. Check out Troy's YouTube channel , along with Troy's written version of his anti-design argument. To support the channel, do please oh please⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ consider donating .⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . EPISODE C...

Keegan Kjeldson, YouTuber and musician, joins me to discuss how Nietzsche would have responded to philosopher Michael Huemer's argument for free will. Check out Keegan's awesome YouTube channel . To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Get full access to Miles K....

Joe and I take a more personal turn in this video, discussing the importance of philosophy, what got us into the discipline, and whether studying Immanuel Kant your whole life is really worth it. Check out Joe's YouTube channel, Majesty of Reason . To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tw...

Dr. Darrell L. Bock, research professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, discusses the gnostic gospels and their relationship to early Christian belief and the historical Jesus. To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:18...

Dr. Ned Block, professor of philosophy and psychology at NYU, joins me to discuss theories of consciousness, functionalism, the difference between access and phenomenal consciousness, the limitations of current Large Language Models, and how far away artificial general intelligence is from our current capacities. To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free...

Sam Thomas, my philosophy bestie hailing from Oxford, England, joins me to go through the results of the 2020 PhilPapers survey of professional philosophers. We offer our opinions on many major philosophical issues. Check out the ⁠2020 PhilPapers survey⁠ . To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . E...

Dr. Graham Oppy, perhaps academia's leading atheist philosopher of religion, joins me to analyze a newly proposed argument for God's existence: the argument from psychophysical harmony. Check out Psychophysical Harmony: A New Argument for Theism by Cutter and Crummett. To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠Twitt...

Dr. Michael Huemer, professor of philosophy at U.C. Boulder, returns to the podcast to defend the case for (libertarian) free will. Check our Dr. Huemer's fantastic Substack . To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠⁠consider donating.⁠⁠ Feel free to follow me on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ . EPISODE CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:22 What is free will? 00:08:40 Huemer's proof...

Dr. Evan Fales, professor of philosophy at Iowa University, discusses Alvin Plantinga's famous "evolutionary argument against naturalism," and whether Plantinga has successfully shown that naturalism - the view that there is no person such as God or anything like God - cannot be rationally affirmed. To support the channel, do please oh please ⁠consider donating.⁠ Feel free to follow...

Dr. Josh Rasmussen, professor of philosophy at Baylor university, discusses the implications of the Apple Original TV show, "Severance", for two philosophical debates: (1) personal identity, and (2) the relationship between mind and body. To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating. Feel free to follow me on Instagram or Twitter . Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:16 T...

Many have watched with alarm as American evangelicals - a particular sect of Protestant Christianity - have largely embraced President Donald Trump, despite the (seeming) inconsistency between his rhetoric on the one hand, and biblical principles on the other. Dr. Randal Rauser joins me for a third time to discuss the connections between evangelicalism, President Donald Trump, and the Republican p...

Erik Wielenberg, professor of philosophy at DePauw University, discusses godless normative realism, his attempt to craft an objective morality without appeal to God. We also debate divine command theory, the attempt to do the precise opposite: ground ethics in God's nature, and in His commands. To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating . For more information about Dr. Wielenber...

William Lane Craig - Christian philosopher, theologian, and apologist - joins me to discuss the Christian doctrine of salvation. I, per usual, throw all my questions at him along the way. Why did God create the world? Could God have saved the world without requiring Jesus to die on the cross? Can a Mormon be saved? Why does salvation require propositional belief? Dr. Craig addresses all these ques...

Matthew Adelstein, YouTuber, philosophy student, and prolific Substacker, sits down to discuss Richard Carrier's arguments for atheism and why they fail to convince. IMPORTANT LINKS Matthew's YouTube channel . Matthew's written response to some of Carrier's arguments : https://substack.com/@benthamsbulldog... Carrier's paper, " Bayesian Counter-Apologetics: Ten Arguments for God Destroyed ". My di...

Dr. Thomas Rudelius, early universe cosmologist and professor of physics at Durham University , sits down with me to discuss whether cosmology indicates that the universe began to exist, what it might mean for spacetime to "emerge" from a deeper reality, and whether the fine-tuning of the laws of physics indicates design behind the universe. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this...

Dr. Michael Huemer and I discuss ethical intuitionism, the view that there are moral truths, and that we know these truths via intellectual intuition. For more about Dr. Huemer, click here . To purchase Dr. Huemer's book, 'Ethical Intuitionism', click here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mileskdonah...

Dr. Craig Blomberg, professor emeritus of New Testament at Denver Seminary, responds to Richard Carrier's critique of the historical argument for the resurrection of Jesus. To donate to the channel (super big pretty please please please), click here . To watch my interview with Carrier, click here . Blomberg's written debate on the resurrection, 'Resurrection: Fact or Faith?', accessible here . Th...

Dr. Richard Carrier, author of 'On The Historicity of Jesus: Why We Might Have Reason for Doubt', returns to the podcast to discuss his problems with the proffered historical case for the resurrection of Jesus, focusing on William Lane Craig. To access Richard Carrier's blog, click here . To support the podcast (pretty please), click here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this w...

James Fodor, author and YouTuber, joins me to debate the case for and against Christianity. To access James's YouTube channel, click here . To support my efforts at having interesting conversations with interesting people, click here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mileskdonahue.substack.com/subscribe Get f...

Dr. Barry Loewer, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, joins me to discuss the merits of scientific anti-realism, the view, roughly, that our best scientific theories do not attempt to capture the truth about the world. We also talk about the relationship between science and philosophy. It's good stuff. To support my efforts to explore interesting topics with interesting people, cons...

Dr. Afshordi is an astrophysicist at the University of Waterloo, specializing in cosmology, quantum gravity, and the physics of gravity. We discuss dark matter, dark energy, quantum gravity, the fine-tuning of the universe, and the multiverse. If you like my work and want to support me as I explore lots of cool things with lots of cool people, do please consider donating here . To pre-order Dr. Af...

Dr. Randal Rauser joins me once again, this time to discuss the tradition Christian doctrine of eternal conscious torment (ECT), and his objections to this view. We also discuss issues arising for alternatives to ECT, like annihilationism and universalism, ending with three objections to the doctrine of Heaven. For more of Randal's work, check out his blog here . This is a public episode. If you'd...