The Socratic Sessions
By Samuel Devis
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The Socratic Sessions explores humanity’s biggest questions—delving into philosophy, theology, history, science, and the enduring mysteries of religion.
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God: Moral Ideal or Active Agent? ⚖️🔥
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Jesus, Memory, and the Nature of the Gospels | Dale C. Allison Jr. | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #37
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Jesus, the Apocalypse, and Ancient Literal Belief w/ Dale C. Allison Jr.
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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The Gospels: History or Memory? w/ Dale C. Allison Jr.
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Which Jesus? Why Scholars Can’t Agree w/ Dale C. Allison Jr.
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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No Religion, No Chaos: Debunking the Godless Myth | Phil Zuckerman | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #36
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Godless Lives Still Have Meaning — Most People Prove It w/ Phil Zuckerman
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Is Christianity Making a Comeback? w/ Phil Zuckerman
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Morality Comes from People, Not Religion w/ Phil Zuckerman
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Self-Made Soul: Objectivism, Ethics, and Ayn Rand | Don Watkins | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #35
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May 30, 2025 |
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Why Christianity’s Idea of Love is Morally Wrong w/ Don Watkins
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May 27, 2025 |
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What Does a Truly Fulfilling Life Look Like? w/ Don Watkins
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May 23, 2025 |
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Is Ayn Rand Actually a Serious Philosopher? w/ Don Watkins
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May 20, 2025 |
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A Battle for Meaning: Truth vs. Ideology | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #34
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May 16, 2025 |
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How Progressivism Overlooks Real Systemic Injustice w/ Michael Huemer
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May 13, 2025 |
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Deterministic Propensities: On Choice and Causality 🧠🔗
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May 11, 2025 |
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When Should We Trust the Experts? w/ Michael Huemer
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May 09, 2025 |
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Is Progressivism the New Religion? w/ Michael Huemer
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May 06, 2025 |
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Paths Without Belief: Embracing the Divine | Carl-Johan Palmqvist | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #33
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May 02, 2025 |
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Semi-Secularity: Balancing Naturalism & Supernaturalism w/ Carl-Johan Palmqvist
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Can Roleplaying Religion Change Belief? w/ Carl-Johan Palmqvist
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Religious Fictionalism: Playing the Believer w/ Carl-Johan Palmqvist
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The Philosophy Behind Magic, Ritual, and Illusion | David Alnwick | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #32
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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The Occult, Evil, and ‘Pejorative Magic’ – What’s Really Going On? w/ David Alnwick
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Magic vs. Hecklers: How David Alnwick Handles Disruptions Like a Pro
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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The Ethics of Deception: When Does Magic Cross the Line? w/ David Alnwick
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Pantheism: Cognitive Unity and The Divine Mind | Andrei Buckareff | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #31
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Metaphysical Worldviews & Personal Preference w/ Andrei Buckareff
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Pantheistic Limitations: What BINDS God? w/ Andrei Buckareff
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Defining Pantheism & Dispelling Misconceptions w/ Andrei Buckareff
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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My Story of Loss and Faith 🍂🦁
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Atheism’s Problem of Evil: Expectation Mismatch | Yujin Nagasawa | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #30
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Logical Loops: Are Theists Stuck on the Problem of Evil? w/ Yujin Nagasawa
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Atheism’s Problem of Evil Explained w/ Yujin Nagasawa
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Does Axiarchism Collapse Under Population Ethics? w/ Yujin Nagasawa
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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God and Reason: Lewis, Hume, and Russell | Erik Wielenberg | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #29
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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How Hume DEBUNKED Saint Paul the Apostle w/ Erik Wielenberg
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Hume DIDN'T Say Miracles Never Occur w/ Erik Wielenberg
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Lewis's Argument from Desire and Why it FAILS w/ Erik Wielenberg
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Behavioural Genetics: DNA & Individual Differences | Robert Plomin | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #28
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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DNA vs. School: What Really Shapes Your Child’s Academic Success w/ Robert Plomin
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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The HIDDEN POWER of Gene-Environment Correlation w/ Robert Plomin
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Are Dyslexia, Schizophrenia, and Autism Really Binary MYTHS?! w/ Robert Plomin
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Ethics and Animals: Navigating Veganism | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #27
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Michael Huemer on Veganism, Health and Influencer Diets
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Unpacking Fatalism: Are We Fated or Free? 🎭✨
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Animal Suffering and Cognitive Capabilities and w/ Michael Huemer
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Are Most Humans REALLY Amoral?! w/ Michael Huemer
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Evolutionary Design: Nature's Watchmaker | Jon Perry | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #26
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Jon Perry Exposes Smarter Every Day's 'God of the Gaps'...
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Introductions | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #0
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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An Evolutionary Dichotomy? On Chance and God w/ Jon Perry
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Cataclysmic Events and Evolutionary Mutations w/ Jon Perry
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Do We Really Have 'Free Will'? Examining the Debate | Taylor Cyr | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #25
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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Taylor Cyr on Divine Foreknowledge and Determinism
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Free Will, Source Compatibilism and Frankfurt Cases w/ Taylor Cyr
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Popular Missteps: Sapolsky, Harris, and the Free Will Debate w/ Taylor Cyr
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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God's Existence: Ultimacy, Souls, and Evil | Richard Swinburne | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #24
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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Animal Suffering and the Goodness of God w/ Richard Swinburne
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Souls and the Hard Problem of Consciousness w/ Richard Swinburne
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Richard Swinburne's Steelman and Subsequent Refutation of Materialism
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Our Undoing? Rejecting the Judeo-Christian God 💔⛪
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Mind, Matter, & Metaphysics: Substance Dualism | Ralph Stefan Weir | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #23
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Personhood and the Metaphysics of Mind w/ Ralph Stefan Weir
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Could Physicalism EVER Explain Consciousness? w/ Ralph Stefan Weir
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Theological Trends to De-emphasise the Soul w/ Ralph Stefan Weir
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Stoicism Explored: Ancient Wisdom & Modern Life | William B. Irvine | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #22
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Stoic Tests: Turning Life's Setbacks into Opportunities for Growth w/ William B. Irvine
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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William B. Irvine on Stoic Negative Visualisation and the Art of Gratitude
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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The Role of the Gods in Stoicism and Ancient Thought w/ William B. Irvine
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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The Improbability Principle: Unravelling the Odds | David J. Hand | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #21
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Probability and Outrageous Events: David J. Hand on The Law of Truly Large Numbers
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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From a Clockwork Universe to One of Chance and Probability w/ David J. Hand
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Synchronicity and Superstition: Humanity's Search for Answers w/ David J. Hand
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Godless Normative Realism | Erik Wielenberg | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #20
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Erik Wielenberg on Religion and the Courage to Face Reality
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Original Sin: A Choice We Never Had 🐍🍎
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Erik Wielenberg on The Divine Guarantee of Perfect Justice
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Erik Wielenberg on Discovering Objective Morality
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Parfit: An Introduction | David Edmonds | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #19
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Derek Parfit's Views on Blame and Determinism: Ethics and Consequences w/ David Edmonds
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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David Edmonds on Derek Parfit's 'Harmless Torturers': The Ethics of Accumulative Suffering
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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From Carefree Youth to Oxford Scholar: Derek Parfit's Transformation w/ David Edmonds
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The Hiddenness Argument | Justin Schieber | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #18
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Justin Schieber on Relationship with a Perfectly Loving God
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Nonbelievers: Justin Schieber on Reflective vs. Unreflective Nonbelief
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Failing to Find God: Justin Schieber on Nonresistant Nonbelief
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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The Participation Theodicy | John Buck | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #17
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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John Buck on Humanity, Choice, and Sin: Understanding Participation Theodicy
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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John Buck on Transitioning from a Finite World to an Eternal Ideal State
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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John Buck on Theistic Ideal Worlds: One End Goal or Multiple Visions?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Christianity: My Desires For and Some Arguments Against ✝️🤔
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Metaethics: An Introduction | Andrew Fisher | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #16
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Non-Cognitivism: Andrew Fisher on Defining and Retaining the Concept of 'Truth'
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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Moral Non-Naturalism: Andrew Fisher on Divine Command Theory and Euthyphro's Dilemma
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Andrew Fisher on Error Theory in Cognitivism: Why It Feels Intuitively Wrong?
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Epistemology: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #15
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Direct Realism: Michael Huemer Addresses Illusions and Hallucinations
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Language and Concepts: Michael Huemer on Navigating Our World
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Philosophical Perspectives: Michael Huemer on Understanding Different Forms of Knowledge
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Thinking Philosophically | Julian Baggini | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #14
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Julian Baggini: Psychological Biases and Philosophical Stances
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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The Power of Attention: Julian Baggini on Achieving Deep Understanding
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Clearer Thinking: Julian Baggini on the Power of Epistemic Virtue
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Atheistic Platonism: An Introduction | Eric Steinhart | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #13
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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The Logic of Self-Negation: Eric Steinhart explores How Non-Being Becomes Being
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Extreme Protestantism: Eric Steinhart on Atheistic Religiosity
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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From Entertainment to Ritual: Eric Steinhart on the Transformative Power of Music
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Purpose and Existence | Philip Goff | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #12
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Good vs. Evil: Philip Goff on Consciousness, Value, and Cataclysm
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Cosmic Purpose and Value: Philip Goff on the Role of Platonic Objects
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Eternal Values: Philip Goff on the Enduring Nature of Value Fundamentalism
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Atheism and its Philosophical Roots | Graham Oppy and Joe Schmid | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #11
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Navigating Belief: Graham Oppy and Joe Schmid Discuss Certainty vs. Credence in Atheism
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Atheism and Culture: Graham Oppy and Joe Schmid Discuss Hume and Beyond
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Tracing Atheism's Roots: Graham Oppy and Joe Schmid on Atheism's Philosophical Heritage
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Reason and God | Joshua Rasmussen | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #10
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Exploring the Depths of Evil: Joshua Rasmussen on Story Theodicy
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Unveiling the Mathematical Mysteries of Reality: Joshua Rasmussen Examines Foundational Math
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Navigating Philosophical Quests: Joshua Rasmussen Explores Pursuing Truth over Treasure
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Hume: An Introduction | Benjamin Watkins | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #9
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May 31, 2024 |
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Anticipating Evolution: Benjamin Watkins Explores Hume's Pre-Darwinian Critique of Design
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May 28, 2024 |
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Humean Morality: Benjamin Watkins Examines Hume's Ethical Insights
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May 24, 2024 |
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A Footnote to Hume: Benjamin Watkins on Hume's Influence in Philosophy of Religion
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May 21, 2024 |
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Philosophical Atheism | Graham Oppy | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #8
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May 17, 2024 |
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Redefining Narratives: Graham Oppy on Historical Atheistic Societies
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May 14, 2024 |
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Navigating Existential Questions: Graham Oppy Explores Atheism versus Theism
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May 10, 2024 |
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Bridging the Divide: Graham Oppy Delves into Diverse Theistic Perspectives
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May 07, 2024 |
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Philosophy: An Introduction | Michael Huemer | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #7
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May 03, 2024 |
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Exploring Divine Design: Michael Huemer Examines The Design Argument
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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My Answers! AMA—100 Subscribers
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Unlocking Knowledge: Michael Huemer Explores Foundationalism and Scepticism
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Deciphering Truth: Michael Huemer on Sound Reasoning
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Intellectual Black Holes | Stephen Law | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #6
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Unveiling the Veil: Stephen Law on the Role of Mystery in Belief Systems
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Your Questions! AMA—100 Subscribers
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Unlocking Wisdom: Stephen Law on the Power of Armchair Philosophy
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Unravelling Belief: Stephen Law on Cognitive Dissonance and Change
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Critical Thinking and Philosophy of Religion | Joe Schmid | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #5
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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In Search of Meaning: Joe Schmid Explores the Philosophical Significance of Religious Experience
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Unravelling Bias: Joe Schmid on Overcoming Belief-Based Biases
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Breaking Boundaries: Joe Schmid on Tribalism, Intellectual Virtues and Critical Thinking
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Philosophy of Money | Andrew M. Bailey | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #4
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Demystifying The Gold Standard with Andrew M. Bailey
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Navigating Free Markets, Liberty, and the Role of States with Andrew M. Bailey
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Unravelling Ancient Economies: Andrew M. Bailey on Money and Society
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Compatibilism | Joe Campbell | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #3
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Joe Campbell Explores the Intersection of Moral Responsibility and Free Will
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Joe Campbell Clarifies Determinism and Dispels Common Misconceptions
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Joe Campbell Delves into the Concept of 'Doing Otherwise'
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Fine-tuning and the Problem of Evil | Philip Goff | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #2
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Philip Goff Explores Theodicies and Sceptical Theism
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Philip Goff Examines the Problem of Evil
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Philip Goff Delves into the Simulation Hypothesis
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Mind, Consciousness and Fundamentality | Joshua Rasmussen | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #1
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Joshua Rasmussen Looks to Unlock Emergentism
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Joshua Rasmussen Explores Consciousness and the Enigma of Death
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Joshua Rasmussen Dives into Prevailing Views on the Foundation of Reality
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Jan 30, 2024 |