Podcasts about counter apologetics

Here's my appearance on Adherent Apologetics to talk about the recent series of Counter Apologetics episodes on epistemology. Where New Atheist Epistemology Goes (Very) Wrong | @EmersonGreen | Ep. #259  5 Mistakes Atheists Make About Epistemology  4 Things I Learned About Epistemology Epistemology playlist on YouTube Linktree 

What is knowledge? What does it mean to know something? Today, we discuss the defeasibility theory, which adds a fourth condition to the famous "justified true belief" analysis of knowledge. We also touch on Gettier cases, certainty, and what contemporary analytic philosophy is all about (the answer may surprise you!).  For even more epistemology, check out the new series on Counter Apologetics about mistakes atheists often make about epistemology.  Understanding Knowledge - Michael Huemer Linktree

There are always new arguments for the existence of God, one of these being the argument from psycho-physical harmony. In this video, Amos discusses the argument from psycho-physical harmony and how it helped him become a theist from his atheistic starting point!While similar to the fine-tuning argument, this one is more specific and is helpful in understanding the direct relationship between psychology and the physical world!-------------------------- Where else to find Josh Yen: Philosophy: https://bit.ly/philforall Gaming: https://bit.ly/zarathustragames Education: https://bit.ly/joshyen Football: https://bit.ly/footballopinions Buisness: https://bit.ly/logosedu -------------------------- If you would want to support the channel and what I am doing, please follow me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophyforall

Emerson is the host of the Counter Apologetics & Walden Pod podcasts, focusing mostly on religion, atheism and consciousness. Both are also available on his Emerson Green YouTube channel. You can find all his links here. In Sentientist Conversations we talk about the two most important questions: “what's real?” & “what matters?” Sentientism is "evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings." The video of our conversation is here on YouTube. We discuss: 00:00 Welcome 01:32 Emerson's Intro - Podcasting as a relationship saver :) - Counter Apologetics (#religion & #atheism) - Walden Pod (#consciousness & #panpsychism ) - "Religion is at the intersection of practically everything I care about" 05:01 What's Real? - Raised as a #youngearth #creationist Christian, sheltered from science & philosophy - Now atheist, "maybe beginning to lean #agnostic " - Attending #apologetics Camp "this is the defence! I don't believe in god" - @Answers in Genesis "they do try to give scientific & philosophical arguments" - "Young Earth Creationism is one of the wrongest things you could propose" - "A book from god seems like a pretty solid epistemic source" - "The universe... is really not 6000 years old" - Mum is a professor at an Xtian university - "It's wrong to say they're #anti-science exactly" - "I learned about evolution later & was blown away" - "I was blown away by how bad the Bible was... morally" - The failure of prayer - #mormonism & the "Under The Banner of Prayer" film. The risks of thinking god is speaking to you - "The mainstream Xtian narrative... is just basically incoherent" - Hell & the #problemofevil vs. a just, good, god. #Theodicy - Historical contingency, religious diversity - "If they were born in India they'd probably be Hindus" - "I was very angry for a while... felt like I'd been lied to" - The psychological shock of deconverting - "If I could choose to be believe I would... just for the sake of my mum" - The distress of family & friends - Hidden atheism within religious communities & even pastors - Shunning e.g. "gay homeless teenagers around Salt Lake City" - Natural #theology - #Fideism & faith vs. "everyone I know has reasons" - Philip Goff & secular religion - @Bart D. Ehrman - Naturalism & the natural world as "common ground" - Usage vs. definitions - Conservative/scientific & moderate/abstract & liberal naturalisms vs. supernaturalism - "Sometimes I self-deprecatingy call myself a 'spooky naturalist'" - "Here's what we know from science - is that all there is?" - @Sean Carroll ...and much more. Full show notes at Sentientism.info. Sentientism is “Evidence, reason & compassion for all sentient beings.” More at Sentientism.info. Join our "I'm a Sentientist" wall via this simple form. Everyone, Sentientist or not, is welcome in our groups. The biggest so far is here on FaceBook. Come join us there! Thanks Graham.

In this video, I talk with Emerson Green from the podcast Counter Apologetics about his Devil's Advocate case for theism. We also talk about Hell and Emerson's most plausible form of Christianity. Check out the Debate: https://youtu.be/EtNgscve6P8 -------------------------------- GIVING -------------------------------- Please consider becoming a Patron! Patreon (Thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/AdherentApologetics YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8jj_CQwrRRwwwXBndo6nQ/join

If epiphenomenalism is true, mental causation is an illusion. Even if pain and pleasure were inverted, you'd go on behaving the same way you do now, since your conscious states have nothing to do with determining or motivating your physical behavior. This is counterintuitive, to say the least. But it also leaves us completely unable to explain why our conscious states line up appropriately with our actions. We typically think that natural selection molded our mental profile: that which aids in survival and reproduction is incentivized by experiences with a positive hedonic valence, and vice versa. Thus, we have an evolutionary explanation of harmonious correlations. But on epiphenomenalism, this can't be the right explanation, since experiences play no causal role at all. If they have no causal influence, they can't make any difference to genetic fitness. So how is it that harmonious correlations evolved if experiences are invisible to natural selection? Argument from Psychophysical Harmony w/ Dustin Crummett  Psychophysical Harmony in a Nutshell   Listen to our sister show, Counter Apologetics here Transcript Music by ichika Nito and used with permission. Twitter @waldenpod @OnPanpsychism YouTube Consider supporting the show on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here linktr.ee/emersongreen

Emerson Green, host of the Counter Apologetics podcast, joins Ben for a friendly discussion/argument about whether “science fiction” hypotheticals can be valuable in helping us reason about moral or other kinds of intuitions—and to take your calls. Download the Callin app for iOS and Android to listen to this podcast live, call in, and more! Also available at callin.com

I'm joined by Scott Clifton (Theoretical Bullshit) to discuss free will skepticism, compatibilism, moral responsibility, revenge, and killing coyotes. Video version – Is free will an illusion? Scott's channel Follow me @waldenpod and TBS @TheoreticalBS Consider supporting Counter Apologetics here or Walden Pod here linktr.ee/emersongreen

I'm joined by Scott Clifton (Theoretical Bullshit) to discuss free will skepticism, compatibilism, moral responsibility, revenge, and killing coyotes. Video version - Is free will an illusion?  Scott's channel  Follow me @waldenpod and TBS @TheoreticalBS Consider supporting Walden Pod here or Counter Apologetics here linktr.ee/emersongreen

I respond to Alex O'Connor's arguments against compatibilism, the view that there is no real conflict between determinism and free will. Is free will skepticism the better view, as Alex claims? Will the British ever learn their lesson? CosmicSkeptic - Compatibilism Debunked Subscribe on YouTube here Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here Consider supporting Walden Pod on Patreon here or Counter Apologetics here  Follow on Twitter @waldenpod and @OnPanpsychism  linktr.ee/emersongreen

I'm joined today by Jack Symes, editor of the new book, Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind. Jack is a Teacher and Researcher of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK and is also the co-host of The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast. Follow on Twitter @waldenpod and @OnPanpsychism Follow Jack on Twitter @_JackSymes @ThePanpsycast Philosophers on Consciousness: Talking about the Mind Support on Patreon here Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here linktr.ee/emersongreen / timestamps / 00:00 Introduction to the book 15:52 The construction problem  20:23 Why philosophy of mind? Why not just neuroscience? 28:28 Does Emerson misrepresent illusionism? 38:11 The terminological mess in philmind 46:21 Different forms of panpsychism 52:20 Illusionism redux: the metaproblem of consciousness 1:01:53 Practical implications of illusionism 1:14:58 Podcasting 1:18:55 Practical implications of panpsychism 1:41:37 Paganism and panpsychism 1:52:26 Pantheism 1:55:48 Panpsycast stories 2:02:05 LIVE SHOW 2:03:13 Parting thoughts

Emerson Green runs the podcast Counter Apologetics and Walden Pod. In this video, Emerson and I talk about problems with physicalism. Including responses to physicalist YouTubers on the topic. Follow Emerson: https://linktr.ee/emersongreen -------------------------------- GIVING -------------------------------- Please consider becoming a Patron! I am a full-time student, so your support helps make our content better and provides me Ramen money. Patreon (Thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/AdherentApologetics YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8jj_CQwrRRwwwXBndo6nQ/join

Aaron is a lecturer in the Rutgers philosophy department (@ETVpod). Emerson is the host of Counter Apologetics and Walden Pod (@waldenpod). Aaron's podcast, Embrace the Void https://voidpod.com/ This debate took place on the Right to Reason podcast https://therighttoreason.podbean.com/e/panpsychism-debate/ https://linktr.ee/emersongreen

There is no formula to "reaching" evangelicals with messaging that counters their very well-established and strongly-held beliefs, but we think there's a right way and a wrong way to manage discussion and debate about it. In this episode, we look at some of the dos and don'ts of debating evangelicals and offer some advice on how to build and use a solid counter-apologetic that invokes thought, not argument. Like what you hear? Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unboundpodcastnetwork

We discuss the metaphysical views of pessimist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, as elaborated in his magnum opus, The World as Will and Representation. Schopenhauer developed a fascinating dual-aspect monism, according to which from outside, the world appears as representation, but from inside, it appears as will: ontological monism and epistemological dualism. To Schopenhauer, desire-driven will is what we are from inside, and he goes on to argue that we should think of the underlying reality of all appearance in the same way. You represent my will as a body, but I know that there’s an underlying reality to your representation that’s experiential in character. Schopenhauer thinks the basis of this dual-aspect character of reality pervades the natural world, organic and inorganic. Why? Because this is our only form of insight into—or acquaintance with—anything as a thing in itself. “[O]n the path of objective knowledge, thus starting from the representation, we shall never get beyond the representation, i.e., the phenomenon.  We shall therefore remain at the outside of things; we shall never be able to penetrate into their inner nature, and investigate what they are in themselves…So far, I agree with Kant.  But … we ourselves are the thing-in-itself. Consequently, a way from within stands open to us to that real inner nature of things to which we cannot penetrate from without.  It is, so to speak, a subterranean passage, a secret alliance, which, as if by treachery, places us all at once in the fortress that could not be taken by attack from without.” - Schopenhauer Schopenhauer on Will and Representation - Academy of Ideas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNDw9lO8uKg) [YouTube] Peter Sjöstedt-H - Noumenautics: Metaphysics - Meta-Ethics - Psychedelics (https://www.amazon.com/Noumenautics-Metaphysics-Psychedelics-Peter-Sjostedt-H/dp/0992808855) [Amazon] Schopenhauer and the Philosophy of Mind - Peter Sjöstedt-H (http://www.philosopher.eu/texts/schopenhauer-and-the-philosophy-of-mind/) [Philosopher.eu] Hedda Hassel Mørch - Argument for Panpsychism from Experience of Causation (https://philpapers.org/rec/MRCTAF) [PDF] Nietzsche’s Metaphysics? - Galen Strawson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoNKiM968cU) [YouTube] Idealism - Schopenhauer (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/idealism/#Scho) [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Arthur Schopenhauer (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schopenhauer/) [SEP] Arthur Schopenhauer (https://iep.utm.edu/schopenh/) [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Support the show at patreon.com/waldenpod Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod and @OnPanpsychism

I would like to introduce what may be a new argument, the f-inductive argument from consciousness for panpsychism. (Scroll to the bottom of these shownotes for some helpful detail about the argument.) Panpsychism entails the existence of consciousness, whereas most competing views do not. The evidence—consciousness, in this case—is not surprising on the hypothesis of panpsychism, but is surprising on the hypothesis of physicalism, as well as many of panpsychism’s rivals. The probability that consciousness would exist on panpsychism isn’t just high—it’s 1. The probability that we would find this evidence in a physicalist universe is less than that. In fact, it’s unexpected. So other evidence held equal, panpsychism has a notable edge here. Jeffery Jay Lowder | F-Inductive Arguments: A New Type of Inductive Argument (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2014/03/21/f-inductive-arguments-a-new-type-of-inductive-argument/) [Patheos] Jeffery Jay Lowder | An F-Inductive Argument from Consciousness for Theism, Revisited (https://www.patheos.com/blogs/secularoutpost/2020/02/11/an-f-inductive-argument-from-consciousness-for-theism-revisited/) [Patheos] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) My Discord (https://discord.com/invite/v7rm8wd) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod and @OnPanpsychism / / /  Let B=background information or evidence; E=the evidence to be explained; H=an explanatory hypothesis; Pr(|H|)=the intrinsic probability of H; and Pr(x|y)=the epistemic probability of x conditional upon y. C-inductive:  Pr(H | E & B) > P(H | B) F-inductive:  Pr(E | H2 & B) > Pr(E | H1 & B) P-inductive:  Pr(H | E & B) > ½ Here is the F-inductive argument from consciousness for panpsychism: Let E in this case be consciousness. (1) E is known to be true, i.e., Pr(E) is 1. (2) Panpsychism is not intrinsically much less probable than Physicalism, i.e., Pr(|Panpsychism|) is not much less than Pr(|Physicalism|). (3) Pr(E | Panpsychism & B) > Pr(E | Physicalism & B). (4) Therefore, other evidence held equal, Panpsychism is probably true. Pr(Panpsychism | B & E) > 0.5.

Here’s a very short account of my version of panpsychism. @waldenpod on Twitter and @OnPanpsychism Discord (https://discord.com/invite/v7rm8wd) Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support the podcast at patreon.com/waldenpod Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)

Micah Edvenson is here to corrupt the youth and spread communist propaganda with me today as we discuss socialism, why the kids are doing it, and much more. We talk about egalitarianism, inequality, the Soviet Union, the skeptical movement, libertarianism, taxation, whether socialists should support open borders, and answer several common anti-socialist canards. Videos and Articles (in the order they’re mentioned): On Anarchism - Noam Chomsky (https://www.amazon.com/Anarchism-Noam-Chomsky/dp/1595589104) [Amazon] Rob Larson - Philanthropic Giving (https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/bill-gates-foundation-philanthropy-microsoft) [Jacobin] Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) - Elizabeth Anderson (https://www.amazon.com/Private-Government-Employers-University-Center/dp/0691176515) [Amazon] When did everyone become a socialist? (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/socialism-and-young-socialists.html) [NY Mag] Defining Capitalism and Socialism - Thomas Metcalf (https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2019/09/17/defining-capitalism-and-socialism/) [1000 Word Philosophy] Homage to Catalonia - George Orwell (https://www.amazon.com/Homage-Catalonia-George-Orwell/dp/1618952730/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2326VNGSBW72Y&dchild=1&keywords=homage+to+catalonia+george+orwell&qid=1602396550&s=books&sprefix=homage+to+cata%2Cstripbooks%2C190&sr=1-2) [Amazon] George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London (https://www.amazon.com/Down-Paris-London-George-Orwell/dp/015626224X) [Amazon] Ownership and Control (https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/11/ownership-control) [Current Affairs] Requiem for the American Dream - Noam Chomsky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnuc-Fv_Tc) [YouTube] Capitalism vs. Freedom: The Toll Road to Serfdom - Rob Larson (https://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-vs-Freedom-Toll-Serfdom/dp/1785357336) [Amazon] What We Owe Each Other - T. M. Scanlon’s Egalitarian Philosophy (Review from Martin O’Neill) (http://bostonreview.net/books-ideas/martin-oneill-tm-scanlon-inequality) [Boston Review] What's Wrong with Inequality? - T.M. Scanlon (https://philosophybites.com/2014/01/tm-scanlon-on-whats-wrong-with-inequality.html) [PhilosophyBites] What is the Point of Equality? - Elizabeth Anderson (https://www.philosophy.rutgers.edu/joomlatools-files/docman-files/4ElizabethAnderson.pdf) [PDF] Dustin Crummett - In Defense of Socialism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFgGE5iLcKg) [YouTube] Introduction to the Left and Right - Dustin Crummett (Micah’s favorite paper) (http://dustincrummett.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/fis82785_Ch01_085_122-1.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1JaCtoKEFSw5bRSZ9XSGd3zgstANNlWrJbKVHqCC1azqOX7SavV0zC1t4) [PDF] Harrison Bergeron - Kurt Vonnegut (http://www.tnellen.com/westside/harrison.pdf) [PDF] Healthcare - Science Vs (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/science-vs/id1051557000?i=1000459457204) [Apple Podcasts] Rubin Report - Peterson, Weinstein, Shapiro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PagNM_oxssE) [YouTube] Marx: Overcoming Alienation - Plastic Pills (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPRxxN4Kh30&t=827s) [YouTube] Ben Burgis - Taxation is Theft? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falpX1HYLSo) [YouTube] The Myth of Ownership - Thomas Nagel & Liam Murphy (https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Ownership-Taxes-Justice/dp/0195176561) [Amazon] The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality - Bhaskar Sunkara (https://www.amazon.com/Socialist-Manifesto-Radical-Politics-Inequality/dp/1541617398) [Amazon] Richard Wolff - Democracy at Work (https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-at-Work-Cure-Capitalism-ebook/dp/B009CGZIPU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GXHCDQXXGCF6&dchild=1&keywords=democracy+at+work+a+cure+for+capitalism&qid=1602397747&s=books&sprefix=democracy+at+work%2Cstripbooks%2C188&sr=1-1) [Amazon] Rutger Bregman - Utopia for Realists (https://www.amazon.com/Utopia-Realists-Build-Ideal-World/dp/0316471895) [Amazon] / / /  Clips (in order of appearance): Business Insider - Billionaires and Coronavirus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoR5sniTnv4&t=101s) Why Millennials Don't Have Any Money - Robert Reich (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVKCPuM5CoU) Richard Wolff & Chapo Trap House (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqKpxxciL4I) Richard Wolff Defines Socialism and Capitalism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnY_ZqJ64cI) Carl Sagan - “Are you a socialist?” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDK2chgNPZM) Trent Horn - Can a Catholic be a socialist? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOngbgfViPo&t=386s) Bernie Sanders: "Open borders? That's a Koch brothers proposal” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf-k6qOfXz0&t=93s) / / /  Crusade Against Ignorance (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5PCoaBh03ENT0-bqR_8FOw/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid) Videos: Socialism: What it is and isn’t - CAI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ButhZ-QCZBE&) [YouTube] Socialism and Economics - CAI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLYXfBsd7DQ) [YouTube] Abortion & Philosophy - CAI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWQEUFRQq0&t=2s) [YouTube] Interview with Graham Oppy - CAI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IrJQt46BtA) [YouTube] emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) patreon.com/waldenpod Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow Micah on Twitter @MicahEdvenson and Emerson @waldenpod / / / 

Nino Kadic is a third year PhD student at King’s College, London. I recently saw Nino deliver a presentation at the Science of Consciousness Conference called Dynamic Selves: An Outline for a New Type of Panpsychism, and I reached out to him to talk more about it. We discuss the combination problem for panpsychism, Leibniz, phenomenal routing, supervenience, strong vs. weak emergence, the phenomenal concept strategy, continental vs. analytic philosophy, Star Trek, and many other related subjects. A Short Solution to the Hard Problem - Tim Bollands (https://philarchive.org/archive/BOLASS) [PDF] ninokadic.com Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) emersongreenblog.wordpress.com Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow Emerson on Twitter @waldenpod and Nino @nino_kadic

Is materialism compatible with the reality of phenomenal consciousness? I argue no. If one wishes to remain a materialist, they will eventually have to give up the reality of phenomenal consciousness and join the eliminativists. The logical result of materialism is illusionism. So if one wishes to remain a realist about phenomenal consciousness, they must abandon materialism. Some important definitions for our purposes today: Phenomenal consciousness: Phenomenal consciousness is that which mental states have when it is like something to be/have those mental states. Roughly, experience. Materialism: The view that phenomenal consciousness is either identical to or reducible to material states. Fundamental material reality is essentially non-experiential. If consciousness emerged, it was an instance of “weak emergence,” not “strong emergence”. Illusionism: A form of materialism (more specifically, a form of eliminative materialism) that claims phenomenal consciousness is illusory. Illusionists don’t claim to have explained why we have phenomenal states; they purport to explain why we think we have phenomenal states, and argue that this is sufficient to explain phenomenal consciousness. Nonreductive physicalism: The view that materialism is true, and that phenomenal consciousness is real and irreducible. Phenomenal consciousness is concretely real, but it’s not emergent, nor is it reducible to material states, nor is it identical to material states. (I think this view is incoherent.) Emergentism: Emergentism is synonymous with “strong emergence,” as contrasted with “weak emergence”. Emergentism is the view that phenomenal states are not identical to, reducible to, or deducible from material states. I think this is a species of dualism, though not necessarily substance dualism. Dualists believe that phenomenal states are not identical to material states, and that they are not reducible to material states; and that one could know all the material states and still not be able to deduce the mental states. Panpsychism: The view that experience is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world. Mysterianism: The view that humans will never solve the hard problem of consciousness. This position can be arrived at by several mutually exclusive motivations. In today’s episode, I consider all philosophers who take this position “mysterians”, even though they don’t all dub themselves mysterians. /// Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Support the podcast at patreon.com/waldenpod Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod

I’m suspicious of ethical thought experiments. These short hypothetical scenarios are often presented context-free, eliminating morally relevant detail. And in the course of probing our intuitions, they often include detail that we wouldn’t have in the real world. In effect, we end up discussing a world vastly different from our own. The elimination of information that we usually possess and inclusion of information that we don’t ordinarily possess renders many ethical thought experiments worse than useless. They can confuse more than they clarify, derail ethical discussions, and often don’t translate to our lives at all. James Wilson - Internal and External Validity in Thought Experiments (https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/pdf/wilson.pdf) [PDF] Philosophy Bites - James Wilson (http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/3/5/3/353a0393c3b08eed/James_Wilson_on_Real_World_Ethics.mp3?c_id=52696484&cs_id=52696484&destination_id=14012&expiration=1573248590&hwt=ea443968e798efb4f73f4511af6e68a8) [mp3] The Trolley Problem Problem - Wilson (https://aeon.co/essays/what-is-the-problem-with-ethical-trolley-problems?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=atom-feed) [Aeon] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod

Thought experiments have played a crucial role in the development of mathematics, philosophy, and science. As implausible as it may seem, reasoning a priori, comfortably from our armchairs, can actually teach us about the real world and drive progress in our understanding. Even ethical thought experiments have changed the minds and influenced the behavior of those who have been presented with them. Though this is a rare occurrence, it has been known to happen. Peter Singer - The Shallow Pond (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwUwiDUzeGs) [YouTube] The Hospital Story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnXmDaI8IEo) [YouTube] James Wilson - Internal and External Validity in Thought Experiments (https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/pdf/wilson.pdf) [PDF] Philosophy Bites - James Wilson (http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/3/5/3/353a0393c3b08eed/James_Wilson_on_Real_World_Ethics.mp3?c_id=52696484&cs_id=52696484&destination_id=14012&expiration=1573248590&hwt=ea443968e798efb4f73f4511af6e68a8) [mp3] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod

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Jacob Bell has written articles on ancient philosophy for Classical Wisdom Weekly, and he manages a popular Facebook page called Philosophy Daily. (https://www.facebook.com/loveofphilosophy/) We discuss what’s become the norm for this podcast, consciousness. We spend a lot of time on neutral monism and structural realism (or as it’s sometimes called, relational metaphysics). We also touch upon emergence, intrinsic natures, causation, and the Aristotelian notion of potentiality and actuality. Jacob’s Blog (https://existentialismtoday.com/author/jacoba-bell91/) [ExistentialismToday] Philosophy Daily (https://www.facebook.com/loveofphilosophy/) [Facebook] Neutral Monism (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neutral-monism/) [SEP] Michael Silberstein on Neutral Monism and Structural Realism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWuBRbQ6kuo) [YouTube] Structural Realism (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/structural-realism/) [SEP] Michael Esfeld - Moderate SR (http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/2778/1/SR-ME-VL08.06.06.pdf) [PDF] Philip Goff on Structural Realism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06v4i9ZFO3w) [YouTube] Review of Every Thing Must Go: Metaphysics Naturalized - James Ladyman and Don Ross (https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/every-thing-must-go-metaphysics-naturalized/) [Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews] Embrace the Void Interview on Emergence (https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly92b2lkcG9kLmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0cz9mb3JtYXQ9cnNz/episode/NThhN2M0NWI5Zjc0NTYxZjRkYWVmZDQ2OjU4YTg5NzhkMTk3YWVhM2RmMjczMTJmZjo1ZThmOWFjYTZjOTZmZjQ4YjIyNjQ5M2U?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjuvcrE_oTqAhW4SDABHUBeBNIQieUEegQICxAW&ep=6) [ETV] Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) @waldenpod

We discuss three arguments against epiphenomenalism, the view that consciousness has no physical effects. (I) Plausible Examples of Mental Causation a. Utterances about phenomenal consciousness b. The placebo effect (II) Popper’s Deductive Evolutionary Argument (III) James’s Abductive Evolutionary Argument Hedda Hassel Mørch - The Evolutionary Argument for Phenomenal Powers (https://pdfhost.io/v/K6jNJzQ~H_The_Evolutionary_Argument_for_Phenomenal_Powers_Mrch.pdf) [PDF] Mørch’s paper was my primary resource for this episode, and it happens to be one of my favorite papers in philosophy of mind. A Pill Against Epiphenomenalism - Patrick Spät (http://abstracta.oa.hhu.de/index.php/abstracta/article/download/44/40) [PDF] Epiphenomenalism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epiphenomenalism/) [SEP] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod

We compare the merits of property versus substance dualism using William Lycan’s paper, “Is property dualism better off than substance dualism?” William Lycan - Is property dualism better off than substance dualism? (https://www.jstor.org/stable/41932742?seq=1) [JSTOR] John Searle - Why I Am Not A Property Dualist (http://faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/~paller/dialogue/propertydualism.pdf) [PDF] Richard Swinburne clip on brain events vs. sensations (https://twitter.com/OnPanpsychism/status/1261512590703890433) [Twitter] And since I mentioned dual-aspect monism a few times, here’s a fascinating exploration of the view: Jiri Benovsky - Dual-Aspect Monism (http://www.jiribenovsky.org/papers_download/dual_aspect_monism_benovsky.pdf) [PDF] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com (mailto:emersongreen@protonmail.com) or on Facebook (https://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Follow on Twitter @waldenpod You can support the show at patreon.com/waldenpod 

Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder wrote a critique of panpsychism that’s become widely-cited in The Panpsychism Wars. Hossenfelder argues that physics has ruled out panpsychism. Panpsychists simply haven’t attempted to reconcile the massive conflict with the evidence. However, her arguments are deeply flawed, and one doesn’t need to affirm panpsychism to notice. Sabine Hossenfelder “Electrons Don’t Think” (http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2019/01/electrons-dont-think.html) Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me @waldenpod on Twitter or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Music is by ichika Nito and was used with permission. “Why do the Deniers ignore a long line of distinguished materialist predecessors and ally themselves with Descartes, their sworn enemy, in holding that experience can’t possibly be physical—thereby obliging themselves to endorse the Denial? The answer appears to be that they share with Descartes one very large assumption: that we know enough about the physical to be certain that experience can’t be physical.” - Galen Strawson (https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/03/13/the-consciousness-deniers/) “What a physiologist sees when he examines a brain is in the physiologist, not in the brain he is examining.” - Bertrand Russell (https://twitter.com/OnPanpsychism/status/1237974901019021317) “[M]aterialism ... is the philosophy of the subject who forgets himself in his calculation.” – Schopenhauer (https://twitter.com/PeterSjostedtH/status/1243549450473275393)

Is panpsychism the modern élan vital? Though many opponents of panpsychism have drawn the comparison, élan vital is a terrible analogy for consciousness and panpsychism. I’ve noticed that vitalism comes up frequently in discussions about consciousness. I think the lazy analogy that’s often drawn between the panpsychist and vitalist projects needs to be examined. Thomas Nagel - What is it like to be a bat? (https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf) [PDF] Hylozoism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylozoism) [Wikipedia] Transcripts at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) or on Twitter @waldenpod

I’m joined by Aaron Rabinowitz of Embrace the Void and Philosophers in Space to discuss his view of consciousness and its place in nature. And to avenge all those who have suffered under his ETV Lightning Rounds, he’s also subjected to his own Realist / Antirealist Lightning Round. Our first discussion on The Right to Reason Podcast: https://therighttoreason.podbean.com/e/panpsychism-debate/ You can listen to Aaron on Embrace the Void here (https://voidpod.com/podcasts) and Philosophers in Space here (https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/) I didn’t do justice to Hunter Ash’s argument for panpsychism we mentioned early on, so here’s a brief explanation of the argument from the SEP (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/) : “More recently, Goff (2013) has argued that consciousness is not vague, and that this leads to a sorites-style argument for panpsychism. Very roughly if consciousness does not admit of borderline cases, then we will have to suppose that some utterly precise micro-level change—down to an exact arrangement of particles—marked the first appearance of consciousness (or the change from non-conscious to conscious embryo/foetus), and it is going to seem arbitrary that it was that utterly precise change that was responsible for this significant change in nature.” And here’s Aaron’s conversation with Hunter (https://podbay.fm/podcast/1213974770/e/1565959253) Follow Aaron on Twitter @ETVpod and Emerson @waldenpod Listen to ichika Nito here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0pxG5dn8U) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)

We answer one of the more common challenges issued to panpsychists: some variation of “Show me the evidence.” We discuss whether panpsychism can be tested, our theory of mind module, emergence, Descartes's conception of matter, Occam’s Razor, and the fact that consciousness is always inferred, never observed. “We can but infer sentience rather than verify it, and people will differ in their guessed inferences: some might stop sentience at the lobster limit, others might stop at the beetle border – but why stop at all? If one demands a stop, the determining criterion must be established.” - Peter Sjöstedt-H (https://highexistence.com/panpsychism-3-reasons-why-our-world-brimming-sentience/) “How do the combined material objects that make up a human body change from a state of being non-conscious to a state of being conscious? There are three possible answers: i) They don’t. Human beings are not conscious. ii) A miracle happens. A conscious state ‘emerges’ from non-conscious matter. iii) They don’t. Consciousness already exists within the matter our brains are made from.” - Tim Bollands (https://twitter.com/ATBollands/status/1163828655778410502) Can Panpsychism be tested? - Philip Goff (https://conscienceandconsciousness.com/2019/07/26/can-panpsychism-be-tested-and-does-it-matter/) [Conscience and Consciousness] Emerson Green and Aaron Rabinowitz debate panpsychism on The Right to Reason podcast: https://player.fm/series/the-right-to-reason-2362355/panpsychism-debate New music used with permission from ichika nito (https://nitomusic.bigcartel.com/product/ichika-guitar-loop-pack-1) ichika Nito’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklF31kD1eI) Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)

Happy Darwin Day! We discuss geneticist Dimitri Belyaev’s efforts to domesticate the Russian silver fox, and how his experiments shed light on the domestication of grey wolves. Belyaev's Foxes (https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/mans-new-best-friend-a-forgotten-russian-experiment-in-fox-domestication/) [Scientific American] Rats and Foxes (https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/health/25rats.html?ei=5090&en=ee8f5fbaf0576814&ex=1311480000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all) [NYT] The Greatest Show On Earth - Richard Dawkins (https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795) [Amazon] “There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” Intro music (http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTdPizz7Dic) [YouTube] Outro music - Ichika Nito (http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zklF31kD1eI) [YouTube] Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)

I try to answer the question, "What's the value of philosophy?" This is a sequel to episode one of this podcast, Is philosophy dead? (http://https//audioboom.com/posts/7326850-01-is-philosophy-dead) Bertrand Russell - The Value of Philosophy (https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~drkelly/RussellValuePhilosophy1912.pdf) [pdf] David Egan on Philosophy (https://aeon.co/ideas/is-there-anything-especially-expert-about-being-a-philosopher?fbclid=IwAR1JelD-FDbkHqC2oRSwW0yFp9_aOxnZfWwC3ClZXmWYu5qeOtrLNjLbxNY) [Aeon] The Panpsycast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-panpsycast-philosophy-podcast/id1141816572) is a great philosophy podcast, as is Stephen West’s Philosophize This! (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/philosophize-this/id659155419) Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or if you prefer to give a one-time donation, you can do so with Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)

Is ideology a bad thing? Should we strive to free ourselves from ideology? I think there is a lot of confusion around the concept, and that the word has wrongly fallen into disrepute. Ideology is frequently conflated with dogma, closed-mindedness, and irrational certainty. Ideology, however, is merely a “a system of ideas and ideals,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. It’s a set of descriptive and normative beliefs. Everyone has an ideology, and we would all do well to admit as much and stop using it as a dirty word. Transcripts available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com (https://emersongreenblog.wordpress.com/) Rate the show on iTunes here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Support on Patreon here (https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod) or give a one-time donation through Venmo (@emersongreenpodcast) Listen to our sister show Counter Apologetics here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417?mt=2) Subscribe to CA and Walden Pod on YouTube here (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or on Facebook (http://facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast)

In the epilogue of our series, I take one more stab at panpsychism, the view that the what-it-is-like-ness of conscious experience is fundamental and ubiquitous in the natural world. Transcripts of episodes available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast Subscribe on YouTube to Walden Pod and Counter Apologetics (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) If you would, please rate Walden Pod on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172) Become a supporter at patreon.com/waldenpod to unlock all episodes! Galen Strawson  The Wright Show (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ydqAhPNuyY&t=1096s) [YouTube] Philosophy Bites (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi-TOxtczQQ&t=546s) [YouTube] The Panpsycast Interview (https://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/strawson1) [Panpsycast] Things That Bother Me (https://www.amazon.com/Things-That-Bother-Me-Freedom/dp/1681372207/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=things+that+bother+me&qid=1567286902&s=books&sr=1-1) [Amazon] Thomas Nagel What is it like to be a bat? (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/iatl/study/ugmodules/humananimalstudies/lectures/32/nagel_bat.pdf) [PDF] Panpsychism (http://www.philosopher.eu/nagel-panpsychism/) [PDF] Mind and Cosmos (https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Cosmos-Materialist-Neo-Darwinian-Conception/dp/0199919755) [Amazon] Very Bad Wizards - Thomas Nagel’s Philosophy of Mind (https://verybadwizards.fireside.fm/175) [Fireside] Hedda Hassel Mørch The Panpsycast Interview (https://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/episode47-part1) [Panpsycast] Panpsychism and Causation: A New Argument and a Solution to the Combination Problem (https://www.newdualism.org/papers/H.Morch/Morch-dissertation-Oslo2014.pdf) [PDF] The Fusion View and IIT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KilB03lOlYE&t=1439s) [YouTube] Is IIT Compatible with Russellian panpsychism? (http://mindsonline.philosophyofbrains.com/2016/2016-2/can-iit-solve-the-combination-problem-for-russellian-panpsychism/#comments) [MindsOnline] Philip Goff  On Panpsychism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P88V_MbWEHM&t=679s) [Youtube]  A Post-Galilean Paradigm - Podcast and Transcript (https://www.edge.org/conversation/philip_goff-a-post-galilean-paradigm) [Edge] Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness (https://www.amazon.com/Galileos-Error-Foundations-Science-Consciousness/dp/1524747963) [Amazon] Unbelievable - Does consciousness point to God? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef2vvT5GfoE) [YouTube] Sean Carroll and Philip Goff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfAhup-fDYs) [YouTube] Philip Goff on Galileo’s Error (https://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/episode69-p1) [Panpsycast] Panpsychism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/panpsychism/) [SEP] Annaka Harris  Conscious - Making Sense Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xetBSdxdsFY) [YouTube] Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind (https://www.amazon.com/Conscious-Brief-Guide-Fundamental-Mystery/dp/0062906712) [Amazon] William Seagar Panpsychism vs. Strong Emergence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YxuK7W_Pz0) [YouTube] Bertrand Russell  The Analysis of Matter (https://philpapers.org/rec/RUSTAO) [PhilPapers] Russellian Monism (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/russellian-monism/) [SEP] Counter Apologetics CA13 Prayer Studies (http://counterapologetics.blubrry.net/2017/11/12/ca13-prayer-studies/) CA27 Argument from Consciousness (http://counterapologetics.blubrry.net/2018/05/10/ca27-argument-from-consciousness-pt-i/) CA29 Science vs. the Soul (http://counterapologetics.blubrry.net/2018/06/07/ca29-science-vs-the-soul/) CA58 NDEs pt. II (http://counterapologetics.blubrry.net/2019/08/19/ca58-ndes-pt-ii/) CA66 Atheism, Materialism, and Consciousness If you’ve never contemplated the philosophy of mind, here are several entry-level episodes that can help put all this into context: https://thepanpsycast.com/episodes-by-category (scroll to ‘Philosophy of Mind’ category)

The Combination Problem is widely considered to be the most serious difficulty facing panpsychism. The exact nature of the problem depends on your view of fundamental reality (the parts that are being combined) and the self (what is being formed through combination). We also discuss Galileo, the fusion view, Giulio Tononi’s Integrated Information Theory, and a few other related issues. Subscribe to the feed at patreon.com/waldenpod to unlock the extended version of this episode and others! The Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness - Hedda Hassel Mørch (https://philosophynow.org/issues/121/The_Integrated_Information_Theory_of_Consciousness) [Philosophy Now] Hedda Hassel Mørch - Panpsychism and IIT (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KilB03lOlYE&t=) [YouTube]  Hedda Hassel Mørch - Is IIT Compatible with Russellian panpsychism? (http://mindsonline.philosophyofbrains.com/2016/2016-2/can-iit-solve-the-combination-problem-for-russellian-panpsychism/#comments) [MindsOnline] Hedda Hassel Mørch - IIT and Panpsychism (https://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/episode47-part1) [The Panpsycast] Hedda Hassel Mørch - Panpsychism and Causation: A New Argument and Solution to the Combination Problem (https://www.newdualism.org/papers/H.Morch/Morch-dissertation-Oslo2014.pdf) [PDF] The Neuroscience of Consciousness - Integrated Information Theory (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/consciousness-neuroscience/#InfoInteTheo) [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]  / / / / /  Transcripts of all episodes available at emersongreenblog.wordpress.com Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com or facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast Subscribe on YouTube for Counter Apologetics and Walden Pod episodes (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqBy2TfJbYXjqBL3cQOFUig) If you would, please rate the podcast on iTunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/walden-pod/id1474408172

Is western civilization a product of Judeo-Christian values? Religious believers assert that Judeo-Christian values influenced the thinkers of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment so greatly that their religion deserves credit as the foundation of western values. Even if Judeo-Christian beliefs are entirely untrue, could the mythology be a useful fiction that created the west as we know it? Rationality Rules - Western Civilization is Based on Judeo-Christian Values (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd6FgYbMffk) [YouTube] Nonstampcollector - Ten Commandments (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz3EEqtcJME) [YouTube]  The Basis of Western Civilization - Jordan Peterson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqPT7co0cgs) [YouTube]  Western Civilization - Ben Shapiro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6edGUPQ6c0) [YouTube]  Richard Dawkins - Militant Atheism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxGMqKCcN6A&t=653s) [YouTube] Ben Shaprio - Ten Commandments (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n72HNgvvWK8&t=672s) [YouTube] Sam Harris - Ten Commandments (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZiFZz54G0) [YouTube]  Hitchens on Morality (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaGqVbAzjng) [YouTube]  Stephen Fry on Ten Commandments (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcZ8_4dv4hQ) [YouTube] Yaron Brook on Judeo-Christian Values (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekofLILZDM&t=263s&list=PLBkiIfWac-LMPpt6CkOtVkmJjijaqYq1h&index=32) [YouTube]  Sam Harris vs. Ben Shapiro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrlhK6hB_a0&t=0s&list=PLBkiIfWac-LMPpt6CkOtVkmJjijaqYq1h&index=30) [YouTube]  Ben Shapiro vs. Sam Harris — TMM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th8xNUEJKaU&t=0s&list=PLBkiIfWac-LMPpt6CkOtVkmJjijaqYq1h&index=28) [YouTube]  TMM on Ben Shapiro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un8Xq48M8Uo&t=6s) [YouTube] Bible Verses on Obeying Governments (https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Human-Authority,-Instituted-By-God) [KnowingJesus] The Myth of the Jewish Origins of the Renaissance (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10835-012-9156-4) [PDF]  Bertrand Russell — Why I Am Not a Christian (https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Essays-Religion-Related-Subjects/dp/0671203231) [Amazon] . . . . .  Support on https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod  Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com (mailto:emersongreen@protonmail.com) or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Check out our sister podcast, Counter Apologetics (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417) [iTunes] 

Is there any value to philosophy in the modern age? Why does there seem to be a conflict between science and philosophy?  There is no reason for science to be at odds with philosophy, and for the vast majority of western history, the two were not at odds. In fact, science wasn’t considered something separate from philosophy until the past couple centuries. Recently, scientists and philosophers have taken shots at each other publicly. However, both are extremely valuable, and share the same essential purpose: to pursue truth. We use Stephen Hawking’s infamous remark, “Philosophy is dead,” as a jumping off point for discussing this conflict.  I generalize quite a bit in this episode (e.g. “Scientists’ disdain of philosophy,”) but I recognize that there is a wide spectrum of opinion among scientists and philosophers; I’m only criticizing the segment of scientists and philosophers who see a conflict between science and philosophy. I spoke loosely for the sake of time and boredom of listeners, who would otherwise be listening to a caveat-laden episode.  Existential Comics on The Panpsycast (https://thepanpsycast.com/panpsycast2/episode49-p1) [Panpsycast]  Stephen Hawking - The Grand Design (https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Design-Stephen-Hawking/dp/055338466X) [Amazon] Massimo Pigliucci - Science vs Scientism (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0DDGi8ZNP8) [YouTube] . . . . . Support on https://www.patreon.com/waldenpod  Contact me at emersongreen@protonmail.com (mailto:emersongreen@protonmail.com) or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/counterapologeticspodcast) Check out our sister podcast, Counter Apologetics (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/counter-apologetics/id1273573417) [iTunes] 

Can consciousness only be explained on a theistic worldview? Christians often appeal to the phenomenon of consciousness and argue that it’s unlikely or impossible on naturalism. We discuss substance dualism, the hard problem of consciousness, identity, intentionality, and the unclear role the material realm plays in theism. CA Facebook CA Patreon Contact: emersongreen@protonmail.com Counter Apologetics … Continue reading CA27 Argument from Consciousness →

Of all the apologetics I hear, the teleological argument, or the argument from design, was the one that used to convince me the most.  I would look at the universe and be in awe of its size, majesty, and wonder.  It really is an amazing universe! I used to think this was so impressive.  This universe must have been designed.  Look at all the things that look like they've been designed!  And even though we know my thoughts on this eventually changed, why did this flimsy argument hold my attention for so long? I want to talk about why apologetics work, and why I used to be convinced.  Spoiler:  I know realize it is nonsense.  

In this week’s episode, Donald trump stacks the bench with nutjobs, Sandy Rios points out that neo-Nazis might be nationalist but at least they're not socialist, and we’ll examine a miracle claim that doesn’t have a leg to stand on. --- To get tickets to one of our upcoming live shows, click here: https://scathingatheist.com/ To make a per episode donation at Patreon.com, click here: http://www.patreon.com/ScathingAtheist To buy our book, click there: http://www.amazon.com/Diatribes-Godless-Misanthrope-Scathing-Presents-ebook/dp/B00J53FZFI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396141562&sr=8-1 To check out our sister show, The Skepticrat, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-skepticrat To check out our sister show’s hot friend, God Awful Movies, click here: https://audioboom.com/channel/god-awful-movies To check out out half-sister show, Citation Needed, click here: http://citationpod.com/ --- Guest Links: To check out the Counter Apologetics podcast, click here: http://counterapologetics.blubrry.net/ --- Headlines: Trump nominates guy who doesn’t believe in church state separation to federal judgeship: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/08/trump-nominates-churchstate-separation-denier-for-federal-judgeship/ Also nominated someone who said the bible comes before the Constitution: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/senators-challenge-judicial-nominee-claims-bible-precedes-constitution/ Roy Moore Senate likely to become a senator: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/11/senate-candidate-roy-moore-in-2015-dodged-question-about-executing-gay-people/ CIA going all in on Jesus: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/report-cia-director-mike-pompeo-brings-christianity-agency/ Pastor reaches down woman’s pants during anointing; won’t be prosecuted: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/pastor-who-stuck-hand-down-womans-pants-during-anointing-wont-be-prosecuted/ Mike Huckabee robocalls for “Last Ounce of Courage” will cost 32.4 million http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/09/illegal-mike-huckabee-narrated-robocalls-will-cost-film-marketers-32-4-million/ Former Christian lawmaker who sold post apocalyptic gold coins will go to jail http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/06/former-christian-lawmaker-will-go-to-jail-over-apocalyptic-gold-coin-scheme/ Jews won't get out of the way of the hurricane http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/09/some-miami-jews-are-staying-home-during-hurricane-irma-since-its-the-sabbath/ Atheists challenge program that allows prisoners to leave prison for church: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/02/atheists-say-program-letting-prisoners-leave-jail-to-go-to-church-is-illegal/ Sandy Rios: The Right are like the Nazis of goodness: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/sandy-rios-the-right-are-like-nazis-but-they-export-goodness-instead-of-genocide/ --- This Week in Misogyny: Pastor: Aborted babies are food for empowering Baal: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2017/09/christian-activist-aborted-babies-food-source-empowering-baal/ Muslim website blames jews for misinformation about FGM: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/09/10/muslim-website-blames-jews-for-misinformation-on-female-genital-mutilation/

Ep 058: Street Epistemology Tutorial 3 | Avoiding Counter-Apologetics San Antonio, TX 25 October 2014 Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 In my third Street Epistemology tutorial, I dissect a five-minute talk with Seth, a friendly Christian who was heading off to get a cup of coffee before a class. The goal of this video is to explain how to conduct Street Epistemology, as explained in Dr. Peter Boghossian's book, 'A Manual for Creating Atheists'. I also hope to encourage other people to use these techniques when they converse with theists, or anyone else that holds to supernatural beliefs, and help them reconsider the ways they arrived at those conclusions in either face-to-face or written discussions. Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-INT-PRE Playlist of Bails & Fails: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BANDF Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Transcript & Caption files: http://tinyurl.com/SEBD-FILES Initial Seth Interview: https://youtu.be/kB0rZ2zeEKI Resources: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. Video captured using Go-Pro Video edited using PowerDirector The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

The Atheist Disconnect: Street Epistemology and Counter-Apologetics ~ Original Title: A Different Approach: Street Epistemology ~ 12 June 2016 Atheist Community of Austin (ACA) Austin, Texas More details about this talk below. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210 Visit the Atheist Community of Austin (ACA) Website: http://www.atheist-community.org/ Playlist of Street Epistemology: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-EPS Playlist of SE Breakdown Tutorials: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SE-BD-TUTORIALS Playlist of Secular Exchanges: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-SEC-EXCH Playlist of Interviews & Presentations: http://tinyurl.com/PL-AM-ST-TALKS Serious about Street Epistemology? Send a Join Request to the PRIVATE Street Epistemology Facebook Group to meet others who have similar conversations with believers from all over the world: https://www.facebook.com/groups/streetepistemology/ This was my presentation on Street Epistemology called "The Atheist Disconnect: Street Epistemology and Counter-Apologetics" hosted by the Atheist Community of Austin (AA) in Austin, Texas. The discussion took place at the Austin History Center on June 12, 2016 in front of a group of approximately 60 people. Hosts of the 'The Atheist Experience' broadcast were also in the audience, including Matt Dillahunty, Russell Glasser, Don Baker, Lynnea Glasser, and Phil Session. My talk was originally titled "A Different Approach: Street Epistemology", but I decided to change it for the video because I realized after giving the talk that the new title would be more appropriate (and interesting). I'd like to thank everyone who worked to help make my talk happen, including Steve Bratteng, Phil Session, Matt Dillahunty, and Julian Franklin. This talk is dedicated to Mary "Kat" Katherine Griffin, a young woman who was a member of our local Secular Student Alliance (SSA) that was killed in a car accident a few days before my talk. Kat was interested in Street Epistemology and even joined me once to practice the approach on her campus. She was a kind person, eager to help move atheism forward, and will be missed. I've written my thoughts about my talk to the ACA and my later appearance on the 'The Atheist Experience' on my public Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/magnabosco210 (under the hashtag #atheistexperience) Want to Learn More About Street Epistemology? Read the Book: Peter Boghossian: 'A Manual for Creating Atheists' http://tinyurl.com/SE-PB-AMFCA Resources: The Defend the Faith Conference* http://www.apologetics315.com/2015/01/the-atheist-manualmp3-tim-mcgrew-tom.html January 4-9, 2015 * the timestamp on the video from this conference matches with mp3 audio file that can be played on that website. Special thanks to Socrates Jones for narrating the summarized questions from the audience. Please visit their YouTube Channel: http://tinyurl.com/kotoszv Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Mistakes: I should have used the word "apathetic" instead of "ambivalent". Please let me know if you notice any mistakes so that I can address them here for self-improvement. The views addressed here are mine and mine alone, and are not necessarily views shared by members of my family and friends. Twitter: https://twitter.com/magnabosco Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/magnabosco210

June 4, 2016 was the second Reason Rally in Washington DC.  It was so awesome to be there!!  I got to hug so many of my friends, meet so many new friends, and just hang out with some of the most amazing people on the planet!!   But not everyone at the Reason Rally was there to support reason.  Some Christian protesters showed up, too.  They were forced to hang out on the sidelines, making them the literal side show at the Rally. I took a moment to stop by.  I had a recorder on me.  This is what happened. I'm afraid this episode will NOT be my triumphant come-back to podcasting regularly.  My wife is still going through chemo, and that is going to take another month or so.  I want to thank all my listeners for all their patience and support in this time!!  YOU ARE ALL THE SOURCE OF AWESOME SAUCE!!

In this episode of Life, the Universe & Everything Else, Gem runs through several arguments for the existence of God with Ashlyn, Ian, and Laura, and the panel ponders whether it’s worth talking about religious arguments at all. Life, the Universe & Everything Else is a program promoting secular humanism and scientific skepticism that is … Continue reading Episode 102: Apologetics & Counter-apologetics →

In this final episode responding to the Thinking Atheist Radio show on Counter Apologetics, I am joined again by my good friend Nicholas (NJ) Bruzzese.

Skepticule 084: Hi UAE!; Randi on BBC4; Psychic Awareness Month Update; Glasgow Herald on ID; Sex Ed; Have we won?; Preparing for Counter-Apologetics; NSS on Disestablishment; JWs at the door; Space vs Middle East.Read more »

In this episode we continue our analysis of The Thinking Atheist Radio Show episodes on Counter Apologetics with his guests Matthew Dillahunty and  Tracie Harris from the Atheist Experience and atheist blogger Aron Ra. The focus of this segment primarily deals with what is known as Pascal's Wager. For this episode and others, including articles, visit us at freedthinkerpodcast.blogspot.com or check us out on Facebook.

In this episode, we continue our interaction with The Thinking Atheist Radio show as he discussed Counter Apologetics with Matt and Tracie from the Atheist Experience and atheistic blogger Aron Ra. Enjoy!

We begin a new series responding to the Thinking Atheist Radio show and their episodes on Counter Apologetics. freedthinkerpodcast.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/groups/thefreedthinkerpodcast/

If there is an argument against god, it is the problem of evil.  Even believers admit this is the strongest argument against god, so that must be so.  If it is, why hasn't it convinced all the believers? Let's talk about the answers to the problem of evil and why I think they fail.  This is counter apologetics - why I snort and retort! Plus your calls. Logically, that means awesomeness!

Merriam Webster defines the word apologetics as:1)  systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as of a doctrine)2)  a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin and authority of ChristianityAnd apologists are everywhere, using lofty language and theological acrobatics to defend belief systems which can't otherwise be defended.This two-part podcast talks about many prominent apologists and their arguments, addressing many of the most commonly heard apologetic claims and examining those claims logically, rationally, morally and against the evidence.Last week's episode featured specific information about apologist arguments and tactics.  This show is exclusively dedicated to listener calls with comments/questions.  THE ATHEIST EXPERIENCE:  http://www.atheist-experience.comJT EBERHARD:  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtdARONRA:  http://www.aronra.com  

Merriam Webster defines the word apologetics as:1)  systematic argumentative discourse in defense (as of a doctrine)2)  a branch of theology devoted to the defense of the divine origin and authority of ChristianityAnd apologists are everywhere, using lofty language and theological acrobatics to defend belief systems which can't otherwise be defended.  This two-part podcast talks about many prominent apologists and their arguments, addressing many of the most commonly heard apologetic claims and examining those claims logically, rationally, morally and against the evidence.This episode is a discussion between several experience debaters: Matt Dillahunty, Tracie Harris and AronRa.  Next week's show will be fully dedicated to listener calls with comments and questions (podcast@thethinkingatheist.com)FRANKEN-KAT PHOTO:  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=672053969537687&set=a.474510282625391.1073741825.100001992705053&type=1&theater

If it ends with "... and we call this god,"  or, "... therefore, god exists,"  you know it's bunk.  Let's talk about the leap it takes to get from a first cause, if there was one, to Jesus. Plus, your calls.   You got a favorite apologetic you want to discuss?  Call in and let me have it!    

I figure it's time to get to it.  Counter-apologetics.  What do atheists have to say when faced with the arguments we get from believers?  How do we respond to the most common arguments?  Is there even a point to discussing it? I figure I'll start with the end:  TAG, or the transcendental argument for god, or presupposition.  It's the end-game argument, the fall-back, the fail-safe.  Or is it just a carpet bomb of nonsense? There's no way I'll cover all of TAG in 30 minutes, but let's give it a shot.   Plus your calls, which would make this episode epic. Like this show on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AtheistRoundtable?ref=hl  

Mike and I explore the warped mind of a sadistic madman: Christian apologist Steve Hayes. We discuss his take on what he views to be the most "Common Objections to Christianity from Skeptics'. Yes, we got the idea from Chariots of Iron and yes they probably did a better job at it than us and yes they're show is way more popular than ours, but...I can't remember where I was going with this. Anyway, have fun listening to this and please take the time to send the Chariots of Iron guys an email telling them that Mike and I are way cooler. We can be reached at agnosticsalvation@yahoo.com where you can tell us to fuck off if you're a chariots fan :p. Feel free to download on iTunes as well.

Fresh from a month long break the doubtcasters return do discus some of the stories they missed while away. The U.S. supreme court has ruled that religious groups have a "ministerial exception" from anti-discrimination laws. We discuss how this ruling might effect those working for religious institutions. Meanwhile, Catholic Charities are closing their doors because they are no longer permitted to receive government funds while discriminating against same-sex couples seeking to adopt children. Hardware superstore Lowes panders to Christian bigots who insist there is no such thing as an "All-American Muslim" even though recent studies suggest otherwise. For this week's God Thinks Like You segment we discuss how secular authority can fill that "God shaped hole" in your life and in Counter-Apologetics we debunk the "King James Bible only" crowd as our belated tribute to the 400th anniversary of that historic document. We end with props for anti-fundamentalist protests in Israel and Jessica Ahlquist who recently succeeded in getting a religious banner removed from her high school.

What is Counter-Apologetics?

What is Counter-Apologetics?

For years the religious right has argued, in clear contradiction of our secular constitution, that the founders intended America to be a Christian Nation. Tired of fighting against history, the Texas Board of Education has decided to simply rewrite it. Topping their list of inconvenient facts that need to be removed from the history books is Thomas Jefferson and the enlightenment roots of his thought. Unfortunately Texas sets the tone for textbooks nationwide. But could secularists be just as guilty of rewriting history? David Bentley Hart thinks so. His book, Atheist Delusions: the Christian Revolution and it's Fashionable Enemies, is the subject of this weeks Counter-Apologetics segment. Reasonable Doubts: Your skeptical guide to religion offering news and commentary of interest to skeptics, atheists, humanists, apologists looking for a challenge and freethinkers of all persuasions.