Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot

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Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot is an interfaith interview show, featuring experts from all religions and worldviews, but focusing on the divide between Christianity and atheism.

Luke Muehlhauser


    • Dec 18, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 184 EPISODES


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    090: Toby Ord - Dealing with Moral Uncertainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2011 41:33


    What do you do if you don't know which moral theory is correct?

    090: Toby Ord - Dealing with Moral Uncertainty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2011 41:33


    What do you do if you don't know which moral theory is correct?

    089: John Shook – Dewey, Quine, and Some Varieties of Naturalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2011 79:11


    John and I discuss a variety of naturalistic perspectives.

    089: John Shook – Dewey, Quine, and Some Varieties of Naturalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2011 79:11


    John and I discuss a variety of naturalistic perspectives.

    088: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Becoming a Rationalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2011 66:58


    Eliezer explains his journey from traditional rationality to BayesCraft.

    088: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Becoming a Rationalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2011 66:58


    Eliezer explains his journey from traditional rationality to BayesCraft.

    087: Nick Beckstead - Morality and Global Catastrophic Risks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2011 47:51


    Nick Beckstead explains the moral issues involved in catastrophic risks.

    087: Nick Beckstead - Morality and Global Catastrophic Risks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2011 47:51


    Nick Beckstead explains the moral issues involved in catastrophic risks.

    086: Peter Rollins - The Role of Atheism in Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2011 66:28


    Peter Rollins explains the role of doubt and disbelief in Christian practice.

    086: Peter Rollins - The Role of Atheism in Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2011 66:28


    Peter Rollins explains the role of doubt and disbelief in Christian practice.

    085: Marcel Brass - The Neuroscience of Free Will

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2011 51:18


    Marcel Brass explains some of the latest research on intentional action on free will.

    085: Marcel Brass - The Neuroscience of Free Will

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2011 51:18


    Marcel Brass explains some of the latest research on intentional action on free will.

    084: Eddie Tabash - Engaging Religion in Politics and Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2011 26:44


    Eddie Tabash explains the importance of engaging religion in politics and debate.

    084: Eddie Tabash - Engaging Religion in Politics and Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2011 26:44


    Eddie Tabash explains the importance of engaging religion in politics and debate.

    083: Richard Carrier - Historical Method and Jesus of Nazareth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2011 67:01


    Richard Carrier explains how to do history correctly, and the implications of these methods for our understanding of Jesus.

    083: Richard Carrier - Historical Method and Jesus of Nazareth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2011 67:01


    Richard Carrier explains how to do history correctly, and the implications of these methods for our understanding of Jesus.

    082: Eric Schwitzgebel - The Unreliability of Naive Introspection

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2010 78:36


    We are not so good at perceiving our own internal states.

    082: Eric Schwitzgebel - The Unreliability of Naive Introspection

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2010 78:36


    We are not so good at perceiving our own internal states.

    081: Neil Sinhababu - The Humean Theory of Motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2010 59:50


    Sinhababu defends a Humean theory of motivation.

    081: Neil Sinhababu - The Humean Theory of Motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2010 59:50


    Sinhababu defends a Humean theory of motivation.

    080: Robert Gressis - Christian Theism vs. Naturalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2010 141:26


    Gressis and I chat about our competing worldviews.

    080: Robert Gressis - Christian Theism vs. Naturalism

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2010 141:26


    Gressis and I chat about our competing worldviews.

    079: Robert Price - The Crisis of Biblical Authority

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2010 44:22


    Price explains the current debate over Biblical authority in evangelical circles.

    079: Robert Price - The Crisis of Biblical Authority

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2010 44:22


    Price explains the current debate over Biblical authority in evangelical circles.

    078: Liane Young - How to Change Someone's Moral Judgments with Magnets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2010 50:36


    Young explains recent moral psychology and its implications for moral philosophy.

    078: Liane Young - How to Change Someone's Moral Judgments with Magnets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2010 50:36


    Young explains recent moral psychology and its implications for moral philosophy.

    077: Valerie Tiberius - Wisdom and Well-Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2010 36:20


    Tiberius analyzes well-being and the notion of a wisely-lived life.

    077: Valerie Tiberius - Wisdom and Well-Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2010 36:20


    Tiberius analyzes well-being and the notion of a wisely-lived life.

    076: Stephen Batchelor - Secular Buddhism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2010 52:17


    076: Stephen Batchelor - Secular Buddhism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2010 52:17


    075: Russell Miller - L. Ron Hubbard Was a Fraud

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2010 39:16


    075: Russell Miller - L. Ron Hubbard Was a Fraud

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2010 39:16


    074: Michael Bishop - An Epistemology for James Randi

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2010 49:15


    Michael Bishop discusses Strategic Reliabilism.

    074: Michael Bishop - An Epistemology for James Randi

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2010 49:15


    Michael Bishop discusses Strategic Reliabilism.

    073: Wynne LeGrow - An Atheist Runs for U.S. Congress

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2010 29:09


    Wynne LeGrow is an atheist political challenger for Virginia's 4th congressional district.

    073: Wynne LeGrow - An Atheist Runs for U.S. Congress

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2010 29:09


    Wynne LeGrow is an atheist political challenger for Virginia's 4th congressional district.

    072: Tyler Wunder - Why Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology Fails

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2010 102:30


    Tyler Wunder explains why Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology fails.

    072: Tyler Wunder - Why Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology Fails

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2010 102:30


    Tyler Wunder explains why Alvin Plantinga's reformed epistemology fails.

    071: Lydia McGrew - The Probability of Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2010 77:02


    Lydia McGrew discusses evidentialist Christianity.

    071: Lydia McGrew - The Probability of Christianity

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2010 77:02


    Lydia McGrew discusses evidentialist Christianity.

    070: Ron Mallon - Experimental Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2010 55:21


    Ron Mallon discusses experimental ethi

    070: Ron Mallon - Experimental Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2010 55:21


    Ron Mallon discusses experimental ethi

    069: Nathan Nobis – Moral Realism and Animals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2010 54:03


    Nathan Nobis and I debate moral realism, and then discuss the ethical treatment of animals.

    069: Nathan Nobis – Moral Realism and Animals

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2010 54:03


    Nathan Nobis and I debate moral realism, and then discuss the ethical treatment of animals.

    068: Matt Jordan - A Defense of Theistic Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2010 58:08


    Matt Jordan discusses the criteria for an adequate moral theory, and explains the advantages of theism over naturalism when it comes to morality.

    068: Matt Jordan - A Defense of Theistic Ethics

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2010 58:08


    Matt Jordan discusses the criteria for an adequate moral theory, and explains the advantages of theism over naturalism when it comes to morality.

    067: Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2010 41:19


    Robin Hanson discusses how to overcome our biases.

    067: Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2010 41:19


    Robin Hanson discusses how to overcome our biases.

    066: Andrew Chignell – Debating the Ethics of Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2010 68:38


    Andrew Chignell discusses the problem of infant suffering for theism, and also the ethics of belief.

    066: Andrew Chignell – Debating the Ethics of Belief

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2010 68:38


    Andrew Chignell discusses the problem of infant suffering for theism, and also the ethics of belief.

    065: John Caputo - Postmodernism and Religion

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2010 55:44


    John Caputo discusses postmodernism and religion.

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