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I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST
The Top 3 Reasons Why We Can Believe in the Resurrection - Part 2

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 59:57


Last week, Frank introduced three compelling reasons to believe in the resurrection, including embarrassing details and eyewitness testimony. In this midweek episode, he jumps back into more archaeological discoveries that include names of people involved in the death and crucifixion of Jesus and how the excruciating deaths of the eyewitnesses offer powerful evidence that they weren't lying as well. He also answers questions like:Did any of the apostles recant their eyewitness testimony and is it possible that they were hallucinating?Were the apostles motivated to invent the resurrection story and should their testimony be dismissed because they were Christians?Is martyrdom also evidence that Islam is true?What does Spiderman have to do with the reliability of the New Testament?Is the New Testament just a work of historical fiction?Can other world religions be defended with apologetics?Why are skeptics and non-Christians often motivated to reject Christianity?Later in the episode, Frank draws from major cultural events in modern U.S. history—like 9/11, the OJ Simpson trial, and the Rodney King incident—to reveal how human bias can shape the way we interpret evidence and how “impact events” can help us in evaluating the historicity of the New Testament. If you missed Part 1 of this special Resurrection Weekend mini-series be sure to check it out in the resources section listed below!Resources mentioned during the episode:PART 1 - https://youtu.be/EdvS97epOK4I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist - https://bit.ly/4j64NfEOn the Resurrection Volume 2: Refutations by Gary Habermas - https://www.amazon.com/dp/108777862XDid the Apostles REALLY Die as Martyrs? w/Sean McDowell - https://youtu.be/aTXvmd6_iZ0

The Humble Skeptic
Reconciling the Resurrection Accounts

The Humble Skeptic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 36:03


In 1833, Thomas Starkie observed, “It so rarely happens that witnesses of the same transaction perfectly and entirely agree in all points connected with it, that an entire and complete coincidence in every particular…engenders suspicion.” On this special Easter edition of the podcast, Shane airs an interview he recorded with Lydia McGrew about differences that exist between the four Gospels related to Jesus' resurrection, and whether those differences can be reconciled.SHOW NOTESArticlesConsidering Alternatives to the Resurrection, Shane RosenthalJoanna: Luke's Key Witness? Shane RosenthalBart Ehrman on Jesus & The Claim of Resurrection, Shane RosenthalPassover & The Last Supper, Shane RosenthalWhere Was Jesus Crucified?, Shane RosenthalAre We Witnessing a Paradigm Shift on John's Gospel? Shane RosenthalThe Compelling Nature of Corroborated Testimony, Shane RosenthalSimon of Cyrene: An Intriguing Archaeological Discovery, Shane RosenthalThe Authenticity & Genuineness of the Fourth Gospel, J.B. LightfootIs Luke a Trustworthy Historian?, Sir William RamsayCan We Trust Luke's History of the Early Jesus Movement? Shane RosenthalWhat is the Most Important Thing Taught in the Bible?, Shane RosenthalBooksTestimonies to the Truth, Lydia McGrewHidden in Plain View, Lydia McGrewThe Mirror or the Mask, Lydia McGrewJesus & The Eyewitnesses, Richard BauckhamEaster Enigma, John WenhamThe Doubters Guide to Jesus, John DicksonCan We Trust the Gospels? Peter J. WilliamsOn The Resurrection Vol. 1: Evidences, Gary HabermasOn The Resurrection Vol. 2: Refutations, Gary HabermasAudioFake or Authentic? with Lydia McGrewAuthenticating the Book of Acts, with Lydia McGrewThe Messiah's Redemptive Mission, Shane RosenthalStories of Jesus: Can We Trust Them? with Peter J. WilliamsAre The Gospels History or Fiction? with John DicksonIs John's Gospel Late & Unreliable?, with Daniel WallaceThe Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, with Richard BauckhamLocating Golgotha, with David RohlEvidential Reasoning, with Craig PartonDealing with Discrepancies, with J. Warner WallaceThe Jesus of History & The Gospel CreedVideoThe Resurrection of Jesus, Peter J. WilliamsPeter J. Williams vs Bart Ehrman on the Reliablity of the NTThe Tools & Rules of History, with Gary Habermas, David McIlroy & Shane RosenthalMark Lanier moderated this panel discussion at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston Texas. The forum was inspired by the release of two exhaustive volumes on the historicity of Jesus' Resurrection by Dr. Habermas: On The Resurrection Vol. 1: Evidences, and On The Resurrection Vol. 2: Refutations.Who Is Jesus? Bridging Diverse Voices, St. Louis, MO, April 24th.Shane Rosenthal and Michael McClymond will be defending the historic Christian view of Jesus at this Christian / Muslim conversation which will take place at St. Louis Community College Meramec (located at 11333 Big Bend Rd, in Kirkwood, MO). The purpose is to highlight some of the differences between Christian and Muslim perspectives related to Jesus' identity and mission and to take questions from students. This event is brought to you by St. Louis Community College in partnership with ReThink315. Click here for more info.Share with Friends & FamilyIf you're a fan of the show, please share with others and consider posting a link to this episode via your social media feed. Just copy the URL of this page, paste it into your feed, and write a few words. Also, consider writing a positive review of this podcast via the Apple Podcast app, or your preferred podcast portal. The more reviews we get, the more exposure we get! Thanks for your help!Make a One-Time Gift or Upgrade to a Paid SubscriptionConsider supporting The Humble Skeptic podcast by making a one-time gift or upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack ($5.95 per month, $59 per year). Tax-deductible giving options are also available. Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at www.humbleskeptic.com/subscribe

The Humble Skeptic
The Messiah's Redemptive Mission

The Humble Skeptic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 31:25


On this episode Shane discusses a number of scenes from the book of Exodus and shows how they point to Christ and his ultimate redemptive mission. Jesus is the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, the bread of life, the living water, the light of the world, and the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep.SHOW NOTESArticlesFinding Christ in All of Scripture, Shane RosenthalNew Life in the New Year: The Story of Exodus, Shane RosenthalPassover, The Last Supper & The Day of Crucifixion, Shane RosenthalWhere Was Jesus Crucified?, Shane RosenthalConsidering Alternatives to the Resurrection, Shane RosenthalBart Ehrman on Jesus & The Claim of Resurrection, Shane RosenthalDid Palm Trees Grow in Jerusalem at the Time of Jesus? Shane RosenthalSimon of Cyrene: An Intriguing Archaeological Discovery, Shane RosenthalThe Date of John's Gospel: Are We Witnessing a Paradigm Shift? Shane RosenthalJoanna: Luke's Key Witness? Shane RosenthalBookesEchoes of Exodus: Tracing the Theme of Redemption, Roberts & WilsonThe Angel of the Lord, Matt Foreman & Doug Van DornChrist in All of Scripture (5 Book Series), Foreman & Van DornThe Lamb of God: Seeing Jesus in Exodus, Nancy GuthrieJesus in the Old Testament, Iain DuguidJourneys with Jesus, Dennis JohnsonThe Surprising Genius of Jesus, Peter J. WilliamsThe Jewish Gospels, Daniel BoyarinThe Jewish Targums & John's Logos Theology, John RonningA Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith, Craig EvansA Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Gospels, Craig EvansProof of the Gospel, Eusebius of CaesareaAudioThe Angel of Yahweh, Humble Skeptic. #70 with Foreman & Van DornThe Sinai Inscriptions, Humble Skeptic #71 with Michael S. Bar-RonDid The Exodus Ever Happen? Humble Skeptic #69 with David RohlJacob's Ladder, Humble Skeptic #63 with Richard Bauckham and othersBabylon, Humble Skeptic Episode #66 Decoding the Prophecies of Daniel, Humble Skeptic #68 How to Read & Apply the Old Testament, WHI #1568 with Iain DuguidWere Jews Expecting a Suffering Messiah? Shane RosenthalJewish Views of the Messiah, with Daniel BoyariinStories of Jesus: Can We Trust Them? with Peter J. WilliamsThe Jesus of History & The Gospel CreedLocating Golgotha, with David RohlVideoThe Tools & Rules of History, with Gary Habermas, David McIlroy & Shane RosenthalOn November 8th, 2024, trial attorney Mark Lanier moderated this panel discussion at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston Texas. The forum was inspired by the release of two exhaustive volumes on the historicity of Jesus' Resurrection by Dr. Habermas: On The Resurrection Vol. 1: Evidences, and On The Resurrection Vol. 2: Refutations.Who Is Jesus? Bridging Diverse Voices, St. Louis, MO, April 24th.Shane Rosenthal and Michael McClymond will be defending the historic Christian view of Jesus at this Christian / Muslim conversation which will take place at St. Louis Community College Meramec (located at 11333 Big Bend Rd, in Kirkwood, MO). The purpose is to highlight some of the differences between Christian and Muslim perspectives related to Jesus' identity and mission and to take questions from students. This event is brought to you by St. Louis Community College in partnership with ReThink315. Click here for more info.Share with Friends & FamilyIf you're a fan of the show, please share with others and consider posting a link to this episode via your social media feed. Just copy the URL of this page, paste it into your feed, and write a few words. Also, consider writing a positive review of this podcast via the Apple Podcast app, or your preferred podcast portal. The more reviews we get, the more exposure we get! Thanks for your help!Make a One-Time Gift or Upgrade to a Paid SubscriptionConsider supporting The Humble Skeptic podcast by making a one-time gift or upgrading to a paid subscription via Substack ($5.95 per month, $59 per year). Tax-deductible giving options are also available. Click here for more information. Get full access to The Humble Skeptic at www.humbleskeptic.com/subscribe

New Podcast Let Us Reason - A Christian/Muslim Dialogue
509 | Refutations and Historical Problems of the Quran with Dr Jay Smith

New Podcast Let Us Reason - A Christian/Muslim Dialogue

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 24:30


Dr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the refutations to Dan Brubaker book: Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts. one of the refutations is by Hythem Sidky who writes a book responding to Dan's book. Dr Jay and Al Fadi also talk about the historical problems of the Quran, they give an example from Sura 20 : 85-87,95-97, where it talks about a Samaritan who lived in the time of Moses and helped the Israelites build the golden calf. The problem with that story is the time period ; Moses lived in 1400 BC and the Samaritan did not exist until 722BC. In conclusion; having even one mistake in the Quran proves that is not divinely preserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Functions Of Traditions In Social Life

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 15:21


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on his discussion of the various social functions that traditions play in human life, a significant part of which is to provide predictability. Popper also discusses why utopian and idealist plans to erase current conditions of society and start anew are bound to fail To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Persons, Institutions, And Traditions

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 18:43


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on his distinction between traditions and institutions within social life, and how individuals interact with and are often conditioned by both of them To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Tasks Of Social Science And Theory

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 15:51


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on what he thinks the key tasks of social science or theory are. Among these are studying the unintended and often undesired consequences of human choices, actions, and policies. Another important task is to examine not just social groups and institutions but also traditions, to determine what their social functions and workings are To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - How Science Develops

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2025 17:13


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on his discussion of how science develops historically. Popper does not think that observation and the "scientific method" taught in classes and textbooks is really at the core of what science is and how it develops. Instead, what sustains it is a critical tradition that involves discussion about whether accounts are accurate, coherent, and defensible, along with revision of accounts in light of that discussion To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

Sadler's Lectures
Karl Popper, Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition - Attitudes Towards Tradition

Sadler's Lectures

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 18:59


This lecture discusses key ideas from the 20th century philosopher Karl Popper's article "Towards A Rational Theory Of Tradition", found in his book Conjectures and Refutations. It focuses specifically on the differing attitudes towards tradition that he distinguishes. These include an uncritical acceptance and advocacy of tradition but also a type of rationalism uncritically hostile to tradition that doesn't realize that rationalism and science themselves figure into a tradition. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 3000 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase Popper's Conjectures and Refutations - https://amzn.to/4dFvJjA

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST
Is the Shroud of Turin the Burial Cloth of Christ? with Dr. Gary Habermas

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 49:58


This week on the podcast, CrossExamined board member Dan Hodges sits down with New Testament scholar and resurrection expert, Dr. Gary Habermas, for an in-depth exploration of the Shroud of Turin. In their discussion, Dan and Dr. Habermas examine the complex history and preservation of the Shroud, digging into why it has captivated both scholars and skeptics for decades. Together, they'll tackle questions such as:What are the most crucial questions for assessing the Shroud's authenticity?Could the burial cloth of Jesus truly have survived for nearly 2,000 years?What evidence supports or refutes the theory that the Shroud was created in the Middle Ages? Could it depict someone other than Jesus?How do non-biblical sources, archaeology, and medical research contribute to our understanding of crucifixion practices?What kind of event could have imprinted the image of a 6 ft., 180 lb. man on this ancient cloth? As Dr. Habermas unpacks over 40 years of Shroud research, discover why this remarkable artifact continues to be a point of discussion in Christian apologetics and Church history.Resources mentioned during the episode:Gary's website: https://garyhabermas.com/On the Resurrection, Volume 1 (Evidences) : https://a.co/d/1iufB8jOn the Resurrection, Volume 2 (Refutations): https://a.co/d/8O4Yc78

Exegetically Speaking
He is Risen Indeed, with Gary Habermas: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Exegetically Speaking

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 12:46


The Greek language Paul uses in 1 Corinthians 15 to convey the gospel's teaching of Jesus' resurrection lodges this in authoritative tradition dating back to months after the events. The center of God's self-revelation and salvation is more firmly attested than anything else in Scripture. Dr. Gary Habermas is Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Divinity, Liberty University, Virginia. His many important publications include, On the Resurrection, Volume 1: Evidences and On the Resurrection, Volume 2: Refutations; there will be two more volumes in the series.  Check out related programs at Wheaton College: B.A. in Classical Languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew): https://bit.ly/3O8yMWg  M.A. in Biblical Exegesis: https://bit.ly/40JbMVx 

Increments
#72 (C&R, Chap. 19, Part II) - On the (alleged) Right of a Nation to Self-Determination

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 51:18


Part two on Chapter 19 of Conjectures and Refutations! Last time we got a little hung up arguing about human behavior and motivations. Putting that disagreement aside, like mature adults, we move on to the rest of the chapter and Popper's remaining theses. In particular, we focus on Popper's criticism of the idea of a nation's right to self-determination. Things were going smoothly ... until roughly five minutes in, when we start disagreeing about what the "nation" in "nation state" actually means. (Note: Early listeners of this episode have commented that this one is a bit hard to follow - highly suggest reading the text to compensate for our many confusing digressions. Our bad, our bad). We discuss Are there any benefits of being bilingual? Popper's attack on the idea of national self-determination Popper's second thesis: that out own free world is by far the best society thus far Reductions in poverty, unemployment, sickness, pain, cruelty, slavery, discrimination, class differences Popper's third thesis: The relation of progress to war Whether Popper was factually correct about his claim that democracies do not wage wars of aggression Self-accusation: A unique feature to Western societies Popper's fourth thesis about the power of ideas And his fifth thesis that truth is hard to come by References Conjectures and Refutations (https://www.routledge.com/Conjectures-and-Refutations-The-Growth-of-Scientific-Knowledge/Popper/p/book/9780415285940?srsltid=AfmBOorkyc4_sllmg2YLqfQ3jYz1HpLtAEUJODspqZ-3adzKrPaQlj9D) Definition of self-determination from Cornell Law School (https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/self_determination_(international_law)) The UN Charter (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text) Wilson's 14 Points (https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-woodrow-wilsons-14-points) Quotes The absurdity of the communist faith is manifest. Appealing to the belief in human freedom, it has produced a system of oppression without parallel in history. But the nationalist faith is equally absurd. I am not alluding here to Hitler's racial myth. What I have in mind is, rather, an alleged natural right of man— the alleged right of a nation to self-determination. That even a great humanitarian and liberal like Masaryk could uphold this absurd- ity as one of the natural rights of man is a sobering thought. It suffices to shake one's faith in the wisdom of philosopher kings, and it should be contemplated by all who think that we are clever but wicked rather than good but stupid. For the utter absurdity of the principle of national self-determination must be plain to anybody who devotes a moment's effort to criticizing it. The principle amounts to the demand that each state should be a nation-state: that it should be confined within a natural border, and that this border should coincide with the location of an ethnic group; so that it should be the ethnic group, the ‘nation', which should determine and protect the natural limits of the state. But nation-states of this kind do not exist. Even Iceland—the only exception I can think of—is only an apparent exception to this rule. For its limits are determined, not by its ethnic group, but by the North Atlantic—just as they are protected, not by the Icelandic nation, but by the North Atlantic Treaty. Nation-states do not exist, simply because the so-called ‘nations' or ‘peoples' of which the nationalists dream do not exist. There are no, or hardly any, homogenous ethnic groups long settled in countries with natural borders. Ethnic and linguistic groups (dialects often amount to linguistic barriers) are closely intermingled everywhere. Masaryk's Czechoslovakia was founded upon the principle of national self-determination. But as soon as it was founded, the Slovaks demanded, in the name of this principle, to be free from Czech domination; and ultimately it was destroyed by its German minority, in the name of the same principle. Similar situations have arisen in practically every case in which the principle of national self- determination has been applied to fixing the borders of a new state: in Ireland, in India, in Israel, in Yugoslavia. There are ethnic minorities everywhere. The proper aim cannot be to ‘liberate' all of them; rather, it must be to protect all of them. The oppression of national groups is a great evil; but national self-determination is not a feasible remedy. Moreover, Britain, the United States, Canada, and Switzerland, are four obvious examples of states which in many ways violate the nationality principle. Instead of having its borders determined by one settled group, each of them has man- aged to unite a variety of ethnic groups. So the problem does not seem insoluble. C&R, Chapter 19 How anybody who had the slightest knowledge of European history, of the shifting and mixing of all kinds of tribes, of the countless waves of peoples who had come forth from their original Asian habitat and split up and mingled when reaching the maze of peninsulas called the European continent, how anybody who knew this could ever have put forward such an inapplicable principle, is hard to understand. Open Society, Page 355 The nationalist religion is strong. Many are ready to die for it, fer- vently believing that it is morally good, and factually true. But they are mistaken; just as mistaken as their communist bedfellows. Few creeds have created more hatred, cruelty, and senseless suffering than the belief in the righteousness of the nationality principle; and yet it is still widely believed that this principle will help to alleviate the misery of national oppression. My optimism is a little shaken, I admit, when I look at the near-unanimity with which this principle is still accepted, even today, without any hesitation, without any doubt—even by those whose political interests are clearly opposed to it. C&R, Chapter 19 In spite of our great and serious troubles, and in spite of the fact that ours is surely not the best possible society, I assert that our own free world is by far the best society which has come into existence during the course of human history. C&R, Chapter 19 But before examining these facts more closely, I wish to stress that I am very much alive to other facts also. Power still corrupts, even in our world. Civil servants still behave at times like uncivil masters. Pocket dictators still abound; and a normally intelligent man seeking medical advice must be prepared to be treated as a rather tiresome type of imbecile, if he betrays an intelligent interest—that is, a critical interest—in his physical condition. C&R, Chapter 19 I have in mind the standards and values which have come down to us through Christianity from Greece and from the Holy Land; from Socrates, and from the Old and New Testaments. C&R, Chapter 19 My third thesis is that since the time of the Boer War, none of the democratic governments of the free world has been in a position to wage a war of aggression. No democratic government would be united upon the issue, because they would not have the nation united behind them. Aggressive war has become almost a moral impossibility. C&R, Chapter 19 I believe that it is most important to say what the free world has achieved. For we have become unduly sceptical about ourselves. We are suspicious of anything like self-righteousness, and we find self-praise unpalatable. One of the great things we have learned is not only to be tolerant of others, but to ask ourselves seriously whether the other fellow is not perhaps in the right, and altogether the better man. We have learned the fundamental moral truth that nobody should be judge in his own cause. This, no doubt, is a symptom of a certain moral maturity; yet one may learn a lesson too well. Having discovered the sin of self-righteousness, we have fallen into its stereotyped inversion: into a stereotyped pose of self-depreciation, of inverted smugness. Having learned that one should not be judge in one's own cause, we are tempted to become advocates for our opponents. Thus we become blind to our own achievements. But this tendency must be resisted. C&R, Chapter 19 Thus we learnt not only to tolerate beliefs that differ from ours, but to respect them and the men who sincerely held them. But this means that we slowly began to differentiate between sincerity and dogmatic stub- bornness or laziness, and to recognize the great truth that truth is not manifest, not plainly visible to all who ardently want to see it, but hard to come by. And we learnt that we must not draw authoritarian conclu- sions from this great truth but, on the contrary, suspect all those who claim that they are authorized to teach the truth. C&R, Chapter 19 # Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Help us revoke the UN charter and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). 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Increments
#71 (C&R, Chap 19) - The History of Our Time: An Optimist's View, Part I

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 72:50


Back to the Conjectures and Refutations series, after a long hiatus! Given all that's happening in the world and the associated rampant pessimism, we thought it would be appropriate to tackle Chapter 19 - A History of Our Time: An Optimist's View. We get through a solid fifth of the chapter, at which point Ben and Vaden start arguing about whether people are fundamentally good, fundamentally bad, or fundamentally driven by signalling and incentives. And we finally answer the all-important question on everyone's mind: Does Adolf Eichmann support defunding the police? Banal Lives Matter. We discuss Thoughts on the recent Trump assasination attempt How can Popper be an optimist with prophesying about the future? The scarcity value of optimism Russell's view that our intellectual development has outrun our moral development Relationship of this view to the orthogonality thesis Popper's competing view that our troubles arise because we are good but stupid How much can incentives compel us to do bad things? How easy it for humans to really be led by the nose Ben's experience during the summer of 2020 References Conjectures and Refutations () Orthogonality thesis (https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/orthogonality-thesis) Eichmann in Jerusalem (https://www.amazon.com/Eichmann-Jerusalem-Banality-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143039881) by Hannah Arendth Adam Smith's thought experiment about losing a pinky (https://www.adamsmithworks.org/speakings/moral-sentiments-active-and-passive) Radiolab episode, "The Bad Show" (https://radiolab.org/podcast/180092-the-bad-show) Quotes Now I come to the word ‘Optimist'. First let me make it quite clear that if I call myself an optimist, I do not wish to suggest that I know anything about the future. I do not wish to pose as a prophet, least of all as a historical prophet. On the contrary, I have for many years tried to defend the view that historical prophecy is a kind of quackery. I do not believe in historical laws, and I disbelieve especially in anything like a law of progress. In fact, I believe that it is much easier for us to regress than to progress. Though I believe all this, I think that I may fairly describe myself as an optimist. For my optimism lies entirely in my interpretation of the present and the immediate past. It lies in my strongly appreciative view of our own time. And whatever you might think about this optimism you will have to admit that it has a scarcity value. In fact the wailings of the pessimists have become somewhat monotonous. No doubt there is much in our world about which we can rightly complain if only we give our mind to it; and no doubt it is sometimes most important to find out what is wrong with us. But I think that the other side of the story might also get a hearing. And whatever you might think about this optimism you will have to admit that it has a scarcity value. In fact the wailings of the pessimists have become somewhat monotonous. No doubt there is much in our world about which we can rightly complain if only we give our mind to it; and no doubt it is sometimes most important to find out what is wrong with us. But I think that the other side of the story might also get a hearing. We have become very clever, according to Russell, indeed too clever. We can make lots of wonderful gadgets, including television, high-speed rockets, and an atom bomb, or a thermonuclear bomb, if you prefer. But we have not been able to achieve that moral and political growth and maturity which alone could safely direct and control the uses to which we put our tremendous intellectual powers. This is why we now find ourselves in mortal danger. Our evil national pride has prevented us from achieving the world-state in time.To put this view in a nutshell: we are clever, perhaps too clever, but we are also wicked; and this mixture of cleverness and wickedness lies at the root of our troubles. My first thesis is this. We are good, perhaps a little too good, but we are also a little stupid; and it is this mixture of goodness and stupidity which lies at the root of our troubles. The main troubles of our time—and I do not deny that we live in troubled times—are not due to our moral wickedness, but, on the contrary, to our often misguided moral enthusiasm: to our anxiety to better the world we live in. Our wars are fundamentally religious wars; they are wars between competing theories of how to establish a better world. And our moral enthusiasm is often misguided, because we fail to realize that our moral principles, which are sure to be over-simple, are often difficult to apply to the complex human and political situations to which we feel bound to apply them. (All Popper) “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.” - EO Wilson Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Help us calibrate our credences and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). Click dem like buttons on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ) What do Benny Chugg and Adolf Eichmann have in common? I mean, what don't they have in common? Tell us over at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

The Theory of Anything
Episode 89: Tradition as a Source of Knowledge: Popper vs. Chesterton

The Theory of Anything

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 86:19


This week we discuss the book Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton (1908), perhaps the most famous defense of the Christian tradition. We contrast this with Karl Popper's talk, “Towards a Rational Theory of Tradition” (1948), from his collection of essays, Conjectures and Refutations. We consider: What is the role of tradition in science and knowledge? Is there a relationship between liberalism and Christianity? Is Chesterton actually a rationalist? What are the paradoxes of Christianity? Is there a link between madness and rationality? Follow us on Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/bnielson01⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/four-strands/support

Orientalistics: Podcast on Language, Religion and Culture
Jews And Arabs in Arab / Palestinian Intellectual Discourse Part IV

Orientalistics: Podcast on Language, Religion and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 49:15


Jews And Israel in Arab / Palestinian Intellectual Discourse ‎Part IV The lecture provides a detailed historical overview focusing on key figures and events in Palestinian history, particularly emphasizing the emergence of nationalist ideas and responses to British imperialism and Zionist aspirations. It highlights figures like Haj Amin Al-Hussaini, who framed the struggle against Jews as a fight for Islamic honor and restoration. The Balfour Declaration and subsequent events like the San Remo Conference shaped perceptions among Palestinian elites, leading to growing nationalist sentiments and resistance movements. The Great Arab Revolt of 1936-1939, led by Al-Hussaini and ignited by religious ideologies, was brutally suppressed by the British, ultimately strengthening Jewish military capabilities. The lecture also touches on collaborations during World War II, reflecting complex geopolitical dynamics and underlying tensions. The narrative underscores a historical trajectory marked by resistance, strategic miscalculations, and the enduring impact on Palestinian identity and the struggle for self-determination. Bibliographical References ‎1.‎ ‎"The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories" by NEIL CAPLAN - This book ‎presents a ‎balanced overview of the conflict, examining historical narratives from both ‎Israeli and Palestinian ‎perspectives.‎ ‎2.‎ ‎"The Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History" by IAN J. BICKERTON and Carla L. Klausner - This ‎book ‎provides a detailed historical account of the Arab-Israeli conflict, discussing key ‎events and ‎developments from various perspectives.‎ ‎3.‎ ‎"Palestine and Israel: A Challenge to Justice" by JOHN QUIGLEY - Quigley examines the ‎legal ‎aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, discussing international law and human ‎rights issues.‎ ‎4.‎ ‎"The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World" by Avi Shlaim - Shlaim, an Israeli historian, ‎offers a ‎critical analysis of Israel's foreign policy and its impact on the Arab-Israeli ‎conflict.‎ ‎5.‎ ‎"Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations" edited by AVI SHLAIM AND ‎EUGENE ‎ROGAN - This collection of essays brings together perspectives from Israeli and ‎Palestinian scholars, ‎offering diverse viewpoints on key issues related to the conflict.‎ ‎6.‎ Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents" by Charles D. Smith - ‎This ‎book provides a comprehensive historical overview of the conflict, focusing on ‎Palestine's history and ‎the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict.‎

Pi Radio
Brainwashed - Radio Edition #640

Pi Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 60:00


Die Brainwashed - Radio Edition ist eine einstündige Show mit Musik von den Künstlern und Labels auf Brainwashed.com. 1. Cloudland Canyon (feat. Sonic Boom), "Future Perfect (Bad Decision)" (Cloudland Canyon) 2023 Medical 2. Creep Show, "Matinee" (Yawning Abyss) 2023 Bella Union 3. Dean McPhee, "The Second Message" (When the Frog from the Well Sees the Ocean (Reports from English UFOlklore)) 2023 Folklore Tapes 4. Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, "Natural Wonder Beauty Concept" (Natural Wonder Beauty Concept) 2023 Mexican Summer 5. Mona Mur, "Illusions" (Warsaw) 2023 Play Loud! 6. Lea Bertucci and Lawrence English, "Geology Of Fire" (Chthonic) 2023 American Dreams 7. soccer Committee, "Imagining you in the room" (heart / lamb) 2023 Morc 8. John Fahey, "Evening, Not Night (Pt. 2)" (Proofs and Refutations) 2023 Drag City 9. Matthewdavid, "Zithercelium" (Mycelium Music) 2023 Leaving 10. Black To Comm, "Traum GmbH" (Alphabet 1968 (2023 Reissue)) 2009 Cellule 75 11. 58918012, "Brainwave" (Blue) 2023 Syntes 12. Sultan, "Yenilik (Part I)" (Sultan) 1996 Fax / 2023 Silent State 13. Bendik Giske, "Rise and Fall (Beatrice Dillon remix)" (Bendik Giske) 2023 Smalltown Supersound 14. Monte Cazazza, "First / Last" (Something For Nobody) 1980 Industrial * Eine Sendung vom 2. Juli 2023. # Brainwashed - Radio Edition Email podcast at brainwashed dot com to say who you are; what you like; what you want to hear; share pictures for the podcast of where you're from, your computer or MP3 player with or without the Brainwashed Podcast Playing; and win free music! We have no tracking information, no idea who's listening to these things so the more feedback that comes in, the more frequent podcasts will come. You will not be put on any spam list and your information will remain completely private and not farmed out to a third party. Thanks for your attention and thanks for listening. * http://brainwashed.com

C4C Apologetics
Ep 133 - LOTUS: The Introduction (Interview w/Shawn Willson of Rev Reads)

C4C Apologetics

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 77:18


LOTUS: A Free Grace Response to TULIP has been released on February 1st, 2024, and has already been making waves within many theological discussions! This work wouldn't be possible without excellent contributions from noted theologians, pastors, and scholars. This interview is part of the LOTUS Interview series where I speak with each contributor to the LOTUS book and ask them questions regarding their individual section.Today's interview is with Shawn Willson of Rev Reads, who contributed to LOTUS by writing the Introduction of the book. Shawn is a pastor of Grace Community Church in River Ridge, Louisiana, and the host of the Rev Reads YouTube channel.Refutations to Calvinism:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGbiR21FjZBc-YFVJsMzLES5XGPdHZ-H7The Myth of Pelagianism Review:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC4kp2HHOng&pp=ygUUcmV2cmVhZHMgcGVsYWdpYW5pc20%3DAre you a Pelagian or Semi-Pelagian (w/David Allen):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJ8eBiQEqM&t=170sRev Reads YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@RevReadsRev Reads Book Reviews:https://www.amazon.com/shop/revreadsbyshawnwillsonRev Reads Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1632544567080511Support Rev Reads:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/revreadsGrace Community Bible Church:https://www.gcbcrr.org/?fbclid=IwAR2nSRMlam9b7MWBCiAuQyTrYC_9nChm16_HkYQqgcRtG7clWHPottZ_0Y4----------LOTUS: A Free Grace Response to TULIP:https://www.amazon.com/LOTUS-Free-Grace-Response-TULIP-ebook/dp/B0CQWN7JH8/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MHQYB7SY7FAD&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.sGT5rromzNGhaWFVLbhHWg.NtGFwDA0SDaUxvh8NFAVWg_27pKp6-FyPh7XiLIDl4I&dib_tag=se&keywords=lotus+daniel+weierbach&qid=1710337610&sprefix=%2Caps%2C369&sr=8-1Other Books by C4C Apologetics:Investigating Lordship Salvation:https://www.amazon.com/Investigating-Lordship-Salvation-Response-Works-Based/dp/B09XZJD4RHA Biblical Sketch: Free Grace Theologyhttps://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Sketch-Theology-Understanding-Basics-ebook/dp/B0B4X8JMHG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=11WY6AK3UBPUC&keywords=weierbach&qid=1662478524&s=books&sprefix=weierbach%2Cstripbooks%2C78&sr=1-1C4C Apologetics Website:www.c4capologetics.comFinancially Support C4C Apologetics Ministry:https://odbaptist.com/give----------My Church's Information:Open Door Baptist ChurchPrattville, AL 36066Website:https://odbaptist.com/Sermons/Teachings:https://odbaptist.com/podcasts/sermons-teachingsRumble:https://rumble.com/user/ODBaptistYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@odbaptist8313Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064738054591#LOTUS #FreeGrace #FreeGraceTheology #TULIP #Calvinism

Mufti Menk
Controversy - Marriage App - New Quran and TikTok Refutations

Mufti Menk

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2024 30:50


The Thinking Muslim
Gaza: Cruel Zionism, Past and Present with Professor Avi Shlaim

The Thinking Muslim

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 96:59


Today, we are confronting nothing short of a campaign of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians of Gaza, not seen since the Nakba or Catastrophe of 1948. Yet many in the Western world are silent to the suffering. Much of what justifies Israel and its actions in the West is premised on history, and many European and American historians have been ready to present a compelling argument for Zionism and the case for Israel in the heart of the Middle East. This historical justification, based on persecution and antisemitism, gives the story of Israel a potency that has for many years served to find acceptance in the West – of impunity to act without restraint - that is not offered to any other state. At the same time, the Palestinian story has been undermined by these same historians. They were a Bedouin community, readily able to vacate their land – it is said. Palestinians, according to leading Israeli politicians, is a mythical people. Today, we are honoured to have Professor Avi Shlaim with us to untangle historical facts from fiction. Avi Shlaim is an eminent historian. He is an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford University and the author of The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2014) and Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations (2009). Professor Shlaim is a dual Israeli British citizen who lived in the country as a child. His family originated from Iraq and migrated to the newly founded state in 1950.Listen to the audio version of the podcast:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636aApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762Join our Patreon to get access to exclusive monthly Zoom calls: https://www.patreon.com/TheThinkingMuslimYou can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/DonateSign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.comPurchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Increments
#59 (C&R, Chap 8) - On the Status of Science and Metaphysics (Plus reflections on the Brett Hall blog exchange)

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 86:24


Back to the C&R series baby! Feels goooooood. Need some bar-room explanations for why induction is impossible? We gotchu. Need some historical background on where your boy Isaac got his ideas? We gotchu. Need to know how to refute the irrefutable? Gotchu there too homie, because today we're diving into Conjectures and Refutations, Chapter 8: On the Status of Science and Metaphysics. Oh, and we also discuss, in admittedly frustrated tones, the failed blog exchange between Brett Hall and Vaden on prediction and Austrianism. If you want the full listening experience, we suggest reading both posts before hearing our kvetching: Vaden's post (https://vmasrani.github.io/blog/2023/predicting-human-behaviour/) Brett's "response" (https://www.bretthall.org/blog/humans-are-creative) Hold on to your hats for this one listeners, because she starts off rather spicy. We discuss Why Kant believed in the truth of Newtonian mechanics Newton and his assertion that he arrived at his theory via induction Why this isn't true and is logically impossible Was Copernicus influenced by Platonic ideals? How Kepler came up with the idea of elliptical orbits Why finite observations are always compatible with infinitely many theories Kant's paradox and his solution Popper's updated solution to Kant's paradox The irrefutability of philosophical theories How can we say that irrefutable theories are false? Annnnnd perhaps a few cheap shots here and there about Austrian Economics as well. # References Some background history (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/copernicus/notes.html#note-6) on Copernicus and why Ben thinks Popper is wrong Quotes Listening to this statement you may well wonder how I can possibly hold a theory to be false and irrefutable at one and the same time—I who claim to be a rationalist. For how can a rationalist say of a theory that it is false and irrefutable? Is he not bound, as a rationalist, to refute a theory before he asserts that it is false? And conversely, is he not bound to admit that if a theory is irrefutable, it is true? Now if we look upon a theory as a proposed solution to a set of problems, then the theory immediately lends itself to critical discussion—even if it is non-empirical and irrefutable. For we can now ask questions such as, Does it solve the problem? Does it solve it better than other theories? Has it perhaps merely shifted the problem? Is the solution simple? Is it fruitful? Does it perhaps contradict other philosophical theories needed for solving other problems? Because, as you [Kant] said, we are not passive receptors of sense data, but active organisms. Because we react to our environment not always merely instinctively, but sometimes con- sciously and freely. Because we can invent myths, stories, theories; because we have a thirst for explanation, an insatiable curiosity, a wish to know. Because we not only invent stories and theories, but try them out and see whether they work and how they work. Because by a great effort, by trying hard and making many mistakes, we may sometimes, if we are lucky, succeed in hitting upon a story, an explanation, which ‘saves the phenomena'; perhaps by making up a myth about ‘invisibles', such as atoms or gravitational forces, which explain the visible. Because knowledge is an adventure of ideas. These ideas, it is true, are produced by us, and not by the world around us; they are not merely the traces of repeated sensations or stimuli or what not; here you were right. But we are more active and free than even you believed; for similar observations or similar environmental situations do not, as your theory implied, produce similar explanations in different men. Nor is the fact that we create our theories, and that we attempt to impose them upon the world, an explanation of their success, as you believed. For the overwhelming majority of our theories, of our freely invented ideas, are unsuccessful; they do not stand up to searching tests, and are discarded as falsified by experience. Only a very few of them succeed, for a time, in the competitive struggle for survival. C&R Chapter 2 Socials Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Help us fund more hour-long blog posts and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here (https://www.patreon.com/Increments). Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover anger management here (https://ko-fi.com/increments). Click dem like buttons on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ) Would you rather be wrong or boring? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com

Balfour Project: Beyond the Declaration
Arab-Jews and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: In Conversation: Avi Shlaim and Nic Pelham

Balfour Project: Beyond the Declaration

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023 63:06


Avi Shlaim is an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. His books include Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine (1988); War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (1995); The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000, updated edition 2014); Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace (2007); Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations (2009); and Three Worlds: Memoir of an Arab-Jew (2023).Nicolas Pelham is Middle East correspondent at The Economist, Author of Holy Lands, Journalist of the Year 2021 nominee.

Mufti Menk
5 Main Points to Understand the Palestine-Israel Crisis & 2 Key Refutations

Mufti Menk

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023


Omar Suleiman
5 Main Points to Understand the Palestine-Israel Crisis & 2 Key Refutations

Omar Suleiman

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023


Hamza Tzortzis
5 Main Points to Understand the Palestine-Israel Crisis & 2 Key Refutations

Hamza Tzortzis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2023 35:32


On the Issues with Alon Ben-Meir
On The Issues Episode 107: Avi Shlaim

On the Issues with Alon Ben-Meir

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 73:47


Today's guest is Avi Shlaim, Professor Emeritus of International Relations at St. Antony's College at the University of Oxford. His most recent book, Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab Jew, discusses his childhood in Baghdad and his family's flight to Israel, interwoven with the history of the Jews in Iraq in the early 20th century. In this episode, we discuss this book, including Arab-Jewish harmony in Iraq until 1948 and both of their personal experiences of childhoods in Baghdad, the relationship between Ashkenazi and Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews in Israel in history until today, and current prospects, if any, for an Israeli-Palestinian peace. Full bio Avi Shlaim is an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College and a former Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His main research interest is the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is author of Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine (1988); The Politics of Partition (1990 and 1998); War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (1995); The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000, second edition 2014); Lion of Jordan: King Hussein's Life in War and Peace (2007); and Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations (2009). He is co-editor of The Cold War and the Middle East (1997); The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 (2001, second edition 2007); and The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences (2012). Professor Shlaim is a frequent contributor to the newspapers and commentator on radio and television on Middle Eastern affairs.

Brainwashed Radio - The Podcast Edition
Episode 656: September 10, 2023

Brainwashed Radio - The Podcast Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 60:30


Episode 656: September 10, 2023 playlist: Godflesh, "Nero (Remix)" (Nero) 2023 Avalanche Sparkle Division, "Oh Yeah!" (Foxy) 2023 Temporary Residence Edward Ka-Spel, "Spectrescape 13" (Spectrescapes 3) 2016 self-released Big Blood, "James Bay" (Deep Maine) 2019 Don't Rust the Ruin / 2023 Feeding Tube Nervous Gender, "Monsters" (Music From Hell) 1981 Subterranean / 2023 Dark Entries Jeremiah Chiu, "In Electric Time" (In Electric Time) 2023 International Anthem Mary Lattimore, "Horses, Glossy on the Hill" (Goodbye, Hotel Arkada) 2023 Ghostly International Arpanet, "P2101V" (Wireless Internet) 2002 Record Makers / Source John Fahey, "Morning (Pt. 2)" (Proofs and Refutations) 2023 Drag City Midwife and Nyxy Nyx, "it's ok 2 lie 2 me" (it's ok 2 lie 2 me b/w Andy) 2023 self-released Blonde Redhead, "Before" (Sit Down for Dinner) 2023 Section1 in be tween noise, "the apostle" (humming endlessly in the hush) 1995 New Plastic Music Email podcast at brainwashed dot com to say who you are; what you like; what you want to hear; share pictures for the podcast of where you're from, your computer or MP3 player with or without the Brainwashed Podcast Playing; and win free music! We have no tracking information, no idea who's listening to these things so the more feedback that comes in, the more frequent podcasts will come. You will not be put on any spam list and your information will remain completely private and not farmed out to a third party. Thanks for your attention and thanks for listening.

New Podcast Let Us Reason - A Christian/Muslim Dialogue
429 | Refutations and Historical Problems of the Quran with Dr Jay Smith

New Podcast Let Us Reason - A Christian/Muslim Dialogue

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2023 24:30


Dr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the refutations to Dan Brubaker book: Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts.  one of the refutations is by  Hythem Sidky who writes a book responding to Dan's book.  Dr Jay and Al Fadi also talk about the historical problems of the Quran, they give an example from Sura 20 : 85-87,95-97,  where it talks about a Samaritan who lived in the time of Moses and helped the Israelites build the golden calf.  The problem with that story is the time period ; Moses lived in 1400 BC and the Samaritan did not exist until 722BC. In conclusion; having even one mistake in the Quran proves that is not divinely preserved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Text & Context: Daf Yomi by Rabbi Dr. Hidary
Gittin 83 - Controversia: Refutations and Counter-refutations of Rabbi Eliezer

Text & Context: Daf Yomi by Rabbi Dr. Hidary

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2023 53:00


See all recordings at https://www.rabbinics.org/daf-yomi-bridge.

Brainwashed Radio - The Podcast Edition
Episode 640: July 2, 2023

Brainwashed Radio - The Podcast Edition

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2023 73:20


Episode 640: July 2, 2023 playlist: Cloudland Canyon (feat. Sonic Boom), "Future Perfect (Bad Decision)" (Cloudland Canyon) 2023 Medical Creep Show, "Matinee" (Yawning Abyss) 2023 Bella Union Dean McPhee, "The Second Message" (When the Frog from the Well Sees the Ocean (Reports from English UFOlklore)) 2023 Folklore Tapes Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, "Natural Wonder Beauty Concept" (Natural Wonder Beauty Concept) 2023 Mexican Summer Mona Mur, "Illusions" (Warsaw) 2023 Play Loud! Lea Bertucci and Lawrence English, "Geology Of Fire" (Chthonic) 2023 American Dreams soccer Committee, "Imagining you in the room" (heart / lamb) 2023 Morc John Fahey, "Evening, Not Night (Pt. 2)" (Proofs and Refutations) 2023 Drag City Matthewdavid, "Zithercelium" (Mycelium Music) 2023 Leaving Black To Comm, "Traum GmbH" (Alphabet 1968 (2023 Reissue)) 2009 Cellule 75 58918012, "Brainwave" (Blue) 2023 Syntes Sultan, "Yenilik (Part I)" (Sultan) 1996 Fax / 2023 Silent State Bendik Giske, "Rise and Fall (Beatrice Dillon remix)" (Bendik Giske) 2023 Smalltown Supersound Monte Cazazza, "First / Last" (Something For Nobody) 1980 Industrial Email podcast at brainwashed dot com to say who you are; what you like; what you want to hear; share pictures for the podcast of where you're from, your computer or MP3 player with or without the Brainwashed Podcast Playing; and win free music! We have no tracking information, no idea who's listening to these things so the more feedback that comes in, the more frequent podcasts will come. You will not be put on any spam list and your information will remain completely private and not farmed out to a third party. Thanks for your attention and thanks for listening.

Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego
Reputation Refutations | Engaging with Jesus

Trinity Presbyterian Church, San Diego

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 33:20


06.11.23 Jonah Brenner. Luke 7:36-50 ESV.

Increments
#51 - Truth, Moose, and Refrigerated Eggplant: Critiquing Chapman's Meta-Rationality

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 72:05


Vaden comes out swinging against David Chapman's work on meta-rationality. Is Chapman pointing out a fatal flaw, or has Popper solved these problems long ago? Do moose see cups? Does Ben see cups? What the f*** is a cup? We discuss - Chapman's concept of nebulosity - Whether this concept is covered by Popper - The relationship of nebulosity and the vagueness of language - The correspondence theory of truth - If the concept of "problem situation" saves us from Chapman's critique - Why "conjecture and criticism" isn't everything References - The excellent Do Explain (https://doexplain.buzzsprout.com/) podcast. Go listen, right now! - In the cells of the eggplant (https://metarationality.com/), David Chapman - Chapman's website (https://meaningness.com/about-my-sites) - Jake Orthwein on Do Explain (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irmwL97zGcM&ab_channel=DoExplainwithChristoferL%C3%B6vgren), Part I Chapman Quotes Reasonableness is not interested in universality. It aims to get practical work done in specific situations. Precise definitions and absolute truths are rarely necessary or helpful for that. Is this thing an eggplant? Depends on what you are trying to do with it. Is there water in the refrigerator? Well, what do you want it for? What counts as baldness, fruit, red, or water depends on your purposes, and on all sorts of details of the situation. Those details are so numerous and various that they can't all be taken into account ahead of time to make a general formal theory. Any factor might matter in some situation. On the other hand, nearly all are irrelevant in any specific situation, so determining whether the water in an eggplant counts, or if Alain is bald, is usually easy. David Chapman, When will you go bald? (https://metarationality.com/vagueness) Do cow hairs that have come out of the follicle but that are stuck to the cow by friction, sweat, or blood count as part of the cow? How about ones that are on the verge of falling out, but are stuck in the follicle by only the weakest of bonds? The reasonable answer is “Dude! It doesn't matter!” David Chapman, Objects, objectively (https://metarationality.com/objective-objects) We use words as tools to get things done; and to get things done, we improvise, making use of whatever materials are ready to hand. If you want to whack a piece of sheet metal to bend it, and don't know or care what the “right” tool is (if there even is one), you might take a quick look around the garage, grab a large screwdriver at the “wrong” end, and hit the target with its hard rubber handle. A hand tool may have one or two standard uses; some less common but pretty obvious ones; and unusual, creative ones. But these are not clearly distinct categories of usage. David Chapman, The purpose of meaning (https://metarationality.com/purpose-of-meaning) Popper Quotes Observation is always selective. It needs a chosen object, a definite task, an interest, a point of view, a problem. And its description presupposes a descriptive language, with property words; it presupposes similarity and classification, which in their turn presuppose interests, points of view, and problems. ‘A hungry animal', writes Katz, ‘divides the environment into edible and inedible things. An animal in flight sees roads to escape and hiding places . . . Generally speaking, objects change . . . according to the needs of the animal.' We may add that objects can be classified, and can become similar or dissimilar, only in this way—by being related to needs and interests. This rule applies not only to animals but also to scientists. For the animal a point of view is provided by its needs, the task of the moment, and its expectations; for the scientist by his theoretical interests, the special problem under investigation, his conjectures and anticipations, and the theories which he accepts as a kind of background: his frame of reference, his "horizon of expectations". Conjectures and Refutations p. 61 (italics added) I believe that there is a limited analogy between this situation and the way we ‘use our terms' in science. The analogy can be described in this way. In a branch of mathematics in which we operate with signs defined by implicit definition, the fact that these signs have no ‘definite meaning' does not affect our operating with them, or the precision of our theories. Why is that so? Because we do not overburden the signs. We do not attach a ‘meaning' to them, beyond that shadow of a meaning that is warranted by our implicit definitions. (And if we attach to them an intuitive meaning, then we are careful to treat this as a private auxiliary device, which must not interfere with the theory.) In this way, we try to keep, as it were, within the ‘penumbra of vagueness' or of ambiguity, and to avoid touching the problem of the precise limits of this penumbra or range; and it turns out that we can achieve a great deal without discussing the meaning of these signs; for nothing depends on their meaning. In a similar way, I believe, we can operate with these terms whose meaning wehave learned ‘operationally'. We use them, as it were, so that nothing depends upon their meaning, or as little as possible. Our ‘operational definitions' have the advantage of helping us to shift the problem into a field in which nothing or little depends on words. Clear speaking is speaking in such a way that words do not matter. OSE p. 841 (italics in original) Frege's opinion is different; for he writes: “A definition of a concept ... must determine unambiguously of any object whether or not it falls under the concept . . . Using a metaphor, we may say: the concept must have a sharp boundary.” But it is clear that for this kind of absolute precision to be demanded of a defined concept, it must first be demanded of the defining concepts, and ultimately of our undefined, or primitive, terms. Yet this is impossible. For either our undefined or primitive terms have a traditional meaning (which is never very precise) or they are introduced by so-called “implicit definitions”—that is, through the way they are used in the context of a theory. This last way of introducing them—if they have to be “introduced”—seems to be the best. But it makes the meaning of the concepts depend on that of the theory, and most theories can be interpreted in more than one way. As a result, implicity defined concepts, and thus all concepts which are defined explicitly with their help, become not merely “vague” but systematically ambiguous. And the various systematically ambiguous interpretations (such as the points and straight lines of projective geometry) may be completely distinct. Unending Quest, p. 27 (italics added) What I do suggest is that it is always undesirable to make an effort to increase precision for its own sake—especially linguistic precision—since this usually leads to loss of clarity, and to a waste of time and effort on preliminaries which often turn out to be useless, because they are bypassed by the real advance of the subject: one should never try to be more precise than the problem situation demands. ... One further result is, quite simply, the realization that the quest for precision, in words or concepts or meanings, is a wild-goose chase. There simply is no such thing as a precise concept (say, in Frege's sense), though concepts like “price of this kettle” and “thirty pence” are usually precise enough for the problem context in which they are used. Unending Quest, p. 22 (italics in original) Contact us Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani Check us out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link How nebulous is your eggplant? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Afterthoughts
Recommend or Refute: Violet Evergarden, Sworn to Justice, and 12 Angry Men

Afterthoughts

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2023 42:40


Join us for another roundtable review session as we plan out your weekend's upcoming watchlist with an eclectic set of offerings. Ryan discusses a heartfelt anime about rediscovering humanity through Violet Evergarden (2018), John brings his first schlock exposure to Cynthia Rothrock and her Latin rhythm infused martial arts with Sworn to Justice (1996), and Dixon calmly revisits the classic 12 Angry Men (1957) decades after his first watch in middle school.

Increments
#48 (C&R Chap. 18) - Utopia and Violence

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 60:41


You may, perchance, have noticed that the sweeping utopian movements of the past did not end well. And most of them involved an horrific amount of violence. Is this connection just chance, or is there something inherent to utopian thinking which leads to violent ends? We turn to Chapter 18 of Conjectures and Refutations where Popper gives us his spicy take. We discuss - How do you "see" your early memories? - Vaden corrects the record on a few points - Rationality grounded in humility versus goal-oriented rationality - If ends can be decided rationally - How and if goal-oriented rationality leads to violence - Working to reduce concrete evils versus working to achieve abstract goods ** Link to chapter **: - https://sci-hub.ru/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20672078 Quotes A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda. Pg. 478 I believe that we can avoid violence only in so far as we practise this attitude of reasonableness when dealing with one another in social life; and that any other attitude is likely to produce violence—even a one-sided attempt to deal with others by gentle persuasion, and to convince them by argument and example of those insights we are proud of possessing, and of whose truth we are absolutely certain. We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell. Only if we give up our authoritarian attitude in the realm of opinion, only if we establish the attitude of give and take, of readiness to learn from other people, can we hope to control acts of violence inspired by piety and duty. Pg. 479 In the latter case political action will be rational only if we first determine the final ends of the political changes which we intend to bring about. It will be rational only relative to certain ideas of what a state ought to be like. Thus it appears that as a preliminary to any rational political action we must first attempt to become as clear as possible about our ultimate political ends; for example the kind of state which we should consider the best; and only afterwards can we begin to determine the means which may best help us to realize this state, or to move slowly towards it, taking it as the aim of a historical process which we may to some extent influence and steer towards the goal selected. Now it is precisely this view which I call Utopianism. Any rational and non-selfish political action, on this view, must be preceded by a determination of our ultimate ends, not merely of intermediate or partial aims which are only steps towards our ultimate end, and which therefore should be considered as means rather than as ends; therefore rational political action must be based upon a more or less clear and detailed description or blueprint of our ideal state, and also upon a plan or blueprint of the historical path that leads towards this goal. Pg. 481-482 The Utopian method, which chooses an ideal state of society as the aim which all our political actions should serve, is likely to produce violence can be shown thus. Since we cannot determine the ultimate ends of political actions scientifically, or by purely rational methods, differences of opinion concerning what the ideal state should be like cannot always be smoothed out by the method of argument. They will at least partly have the character of religious differences. And there can hardly be tolerance between these different Utopian religions. Utopian aims are designed to serve as a basis for rational political action and discussion, and such action appears to be possible only if the aim is definitely decided upon. Thus the Utopianist must win over, or else crush, his Utopianist competitors who do not share his own Utopian aims and who do not profess his own Utopianist religion. Pg. 483 Work for the elimination of concrete evils rather than for the realization of abstract goods. Do not aim at establishing happiness by political means. Rather aim at the elimination of concrete miseries. Or, in more practical terms: fight for the elimination of poverty by direct means—for example, by making sure that everybody has a minimum income. Or fight against epidemics and disease by erecting hospitals and schools of medicine. Fight illiteracy as you fight criminality. But do all this by direct means. Choose what you consider the most urgent evil of the society in which you live, and try patiently to convince people that we can get rid of it. Pg. 485 But do not try to realize these aims indirectly by designing and working for a distant ideal of a society which is wholly good. However deeply you may feel indebted to its inspiring vision, do not think that you are obliged to work for its realization, or that it is your mission to open the eyes of others to its beauty. Do not allow your dreams of a beautiful world to lure you away from the claims of men who suffer here and now. Our fellow men have a claim to our help; no generation must be sacrificed for the sake of future generations, for the sake of an ideal of happiness that may never be realized. In brief, it is my thesis that human misery is the most urgent problem of a rational public policy and that happiness is not such a problem. The attainment of happiness should be left to our private endeavours. Pg. 485 It is a fact, and not a very strange fact, that it is not so very difficult to reach agreement by discussion on what are the most intolerable evils of our society, and on what are the most urgent social reforms. Such an agreement can be reached much more easily than an agreement concerning some ideal form of social life. For the evils are with us here and now. They can be experienced, and are being experienced every day, by many people who have been and are being made miserable by poverty, unemployment, national oppression, war and disease. Those of us who do not suffer from these miseries meet every day others who can describe them to us. This is what makes the evils concrete. This is why we can get somewhere in arguing about them; why we can profit here from the attitude of reasonableness. We can learn by listening to concrete claims, by patiently trying to assess them as impartially as we can, and by considering ways of meeting them without creating worse evils Pg. 485 I believe that it is quite true that we can judge the rationality of an action only in relation to some aims or ends. But this does not necessarily mean that the rationality of a political action can be judged only in relation to an _historical end._ Pg. 486 The appeal of Utopianism arises from the failure to realize that we cannot make heaven on earth. What I believe we can do instead is to make life a little less terrible and a little less unjust in each generation. A good deal can be achieved in this way. Much has been achieved in the last hundred years. More could be achieved by our own generation. There are many pressing problems which we might solve, at least partially, such as helping the weak and the sick, and those who suffer under oppression and injustice; stamping out unemployment; equalizing opportunities; and preventing international crime, such as blackmail and war instigated by men like gods, by omnipotent and omniscient leaders. All this we might achieve if only we could give up dreaming about distant ideals and fighting over our Utopian blueprints for a new world and a new man. Pg. 487 ** References ** - EA Forum post showing data on forecasting accuracy across different time horizons: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/hqkyaHLQhzuREcXSX/data-on-forecasting-accuracy-across-different-time-horizons#Calibrations - Vox article talking about PELTIV's: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23569519/effective-altrusim-sam-bankman-fried-will-macaskill-ea-risk-decentralization-philanthropy Contact us - Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani - Check us out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ - Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link Do you see your sweeping utopian blueprints in first person or third person? Send these blueprints over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com Image credit: Engin_Akyurt (https://www.needpix.com/photo/1062955/police-violence-thinking-man-mounting-journalist-helmets-human-news-barricade)

The Popperian Podcast
The Popperian Podcast #22 – Elyse Hargreaves – ‘The Open Society and Its Enemies, and Happiness'

The Popperian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 84:30


This episode of the Popperian Podcast features an interview that Jed Lea-Henry conducted with Elyse Hargreaves. They speak about chapter 10 of Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies, the nature and often well-meaning origins of totalitarianism, the fall of Athens to Sparta, the betrayal of Socrates and Athenian democracy by Plato and the oligarchical class, and the one factor that Popper had neglected until then in his analysis – happiness, specifically the tyrannical dangers of trying to make people happy. Elyse Hargreaves is an ardent student of Popper, passionate about advancing the cause of the open society; for freedom, rationality and humanitarianism. Upon finding Popper in her early 20's, she has since been determined to popularise his ideas in whatever medium she can. Since then, she has released a free audiobook version of Popper's Conjectures and Refutations on YouTube which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtUn6tOI13ZF4iEhzYM0Dvg and has recently released an audiobook version of Rafe Champion's Guide to the Open Society and Its Enemies which you can find on Audible here: https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Guide-to-the-Open-Society-and-Its-Enemies-Audiobook/B0BF2MZ4FJ?qid=  Support via Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/jedleahenry Support via PayPal – https://www.paypal.me/jrleahenry Shop – https://shop.spreadshirt.com.au/JLH-shop/ Support via Bitcoin - 31wQMYixAJ7Tisp773cSvpUuzr2rmRhjaW Website – The Popperian Podcast — Jed Lea-Henry Libsyn – The Popperian Podcast (libsyn.com) Youtube – The Popperian Podcast - YouTube Twitter – https://twitter.com/jedleahenry RSS - https://popperian-podcast.libsyn.com/rss *** Underlying artwork by Arturo Espinosa

Indic Studies with Professor Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.
Self, No-Self, and Self-Consciousness: Some Classical Indian Views, A Webinar by Prof Stephen Phillips

Indic Studies with Professor Pankaj Jain, Ph.D.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 55:41


Self, No-Self, and Self-Consciousness: Some Classical Indian Views, A Webinar by Prof Stephen Phillips The question of what accounts for personal identity through bodily, emotional, and mental change is one of many topics related to the positions taken on the nature of subjectivity and self-awareness in classical Indian thought. “Enlightenment” and yogic practice is another. This talk takes up Vedānta, Yogācāra Buddhism, Nyāya, Cārvāka, and other classical views, the debate between Naiyāyikas and Buddhists in particular. Bio: Stephen Phillips is professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin and has been visiting professor of philosophy at the University of Hawaii and Jadavpur University. Author of ten books, including Aurobindo's Philosophy of Brahman (Brill 1984), Classical Indian Metaphysics, “Refutations” of Realism and the Emergence of “New Logic” (Open Court 1995 and Motilal Banarsidass 1998), and Yoga, Karma, and Rebirth: A Brief History and Philosophy (Columbia 2009), named by Choice an “Outstanding Academic Title,” he has more recently written Classical Indian Epistemology: The Knowledge Sources of the Nyāya School (Routledge 2012), which presents classical Indian views in terminology suited for philosophy professionals. With Matthew Dasti, he published The Nyāya-sūtra: Selections with Early Commentaries (Hackett 2017), and with Dasti and Nirmalya Guha, a short text, God and the World's Arrangement: Vedānta and Nyāya Philosophy of Religion (Hackett 2021). Phillips teamed with N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya to translate the perception chapter of the monumental fourteenth-century Tattva-cintā-maṇi, “(Wish-fulfilling), Jewel of Reflection on the Truth about Epistemology,” by Gaṅgeśa (American Institute of Buddhist Studies 2004 and Motilal Banarsidass 2008), in 750 pages. In three volumes, about 2000 pages, a translation of the entire text has now been published by Bloomsbury (2020) in a solo-authored set including much historical and philosophic exegesis. A synopsis is available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/gangesa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pankaj-jain/support

Bob Enyart Live
Defending The Trinity

Bob Enyart Live

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022


Today on the Dominic Enyart Show we're taking a brief pause from our worldview series to discuss the Trinity. What is it? Arguments against it. Refutations of those arguments. Arguments in support of it. It's Telethon Month! If you enjoy Real Science Radio, The Dominic Enyart Show, Theology Thursday, and Bob Enyart Live, consider assisting financially to keep us around! Help us reach our $30,000 goal by purchasing any KGOV product, especially those listed here. As of 10/10, we are at $17,160 of $30,000! Note that all recurring monthly support is multiplied by ten towards our telethon goal. You can also mail your support to PO Box 583 in Arvada, CO 80001. Today's Offer: ANY Subscription $5 for 3 Months!For telethon month, we are offering a once-in-a-lifetime deal! Sign up for ANY KGOV subscription for just $5 which covers three entire months! After three months, the price will revert back to the original price. This is a great way to get your feet wet in KGOV's content behind the paywall AND help us reach our telethon goal.

The High Performance Hockey Podcast
Karl Popper, Defining Speed and the Altis Experience with Stu McMillan

The High Performance Hockey Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 66:24


In This Episode, You Will Learn: The influence of philosopher-scientist, Karl Popper, on critical thinking and coaching. Speed training and skating ability for team sports for on and off the ice. The difference between speed and game speed. Technical coaching in team sports: why we need it and its overall impact.   Resources + Links: Learn more at https://altis.world/   Conjectures and Refutations by Karl Popper   Check out Anthony's Masterclass -  The High Performance Hockey Masterclass   Follow Anthony on Instagram | @anthonydonskov Follow Anthony on Twitter | Anthony Donskov, PhD Subscribe to our YouTube Channel | The HPH Podcast with Anthony Donskov   Follow HPH Podcast on Instagram | @hph_podcast Follow HPH Podcast on Twitter | @TheHPH_Podcast   Learn more on our Website | https://www.donskovsc.com/   Check out Anthony's Books Physical Preparations for Ice Hockey: Biological Principles and Practical Solutions The Gain, Go, and Grow Manual: Programming for High Performance Hockey Players   Show Notes: Can hockey players benefit from applied sprint training? Today, we have Stu McMillan, CEO of Altis, joining us for a critical breakdown on speed and sprint training in ice hockey. Stu has been an Olympic coach for over nine games, including having coached three home Olympic games before. With his focus on power and speed development, we'll discuss what speed is, how it differs from game speed, and the complex systems between speed and players that coaches need to understand. We also dive into the influence of philosopher-scientist, Karl Popper, on Stu's coaching and critical thinking skills. How do you train off ice speed acquisition for on ice? What do performance practitioners need to be aware of for technical training development? Why do we need to have more technical emphasis in team sports? We'll answer all these questions and more as we explore capacity, ability, and potential within our athletes! 0:00:00 Join the conversation with this week's guest, Stu McMillan, the CEO of Altis working with a variety of athletes in power and speed development! 0:01:40 How did you choose where to live? 0:07:40 What does a regular day at Altis look like for you? 0:10:15 How has philosopher-scientist, Karl Popper, influenced your coaching? 0:13:25 The scientific approach to philosophy. 0:16:15 How does problem solving philosophy relate to coaching? 0:18:25 Is track and field the foundation of all field-based sports? Why or why not? 0:20:25 What is speed? 0:22:45 What is speed in team sports? 0:26:10 The difference between speed and game speed in team sports. 0:28:40 How should coaches approach a chaotic system? 0:32:10 What is the bias towards measuring impact? 0:34:45 How do you bring off ice speed acquisition onto the ice? 0:37:00 What needs to be understood most about technical development training? 0:42:40 Do you believe speed should be trained in its environment? 0:44:25 Why do athletes need to be introduced to noise? 0:49:45 Is there a need to have more technical emphasis for team sport athletes? 0:53:25 Three rules of thumb for coaches to assess athletes without having a track and field background. 0:57:40 Do hockey players need to sprint? 0:59:30 What are your thoughts on the three day rollover? Do you still use it to train your athletes? 1:02:30 What are some projects you're working on with Altis? 1:04:00 What do you want your legacy to be?

Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast
Episode 0.5 - Refutations of 'Rings of Power' Gripes

Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2022 115:09


In this 'proto-episode' (Harfoot episode, if you will) of Queer Lodgings, Alicia, Grace, Leah, and Tim vent their spleens about the common social media complaints that have run rampant regarding the upcoming 'Rings of Power' streaming series. They then proceed to systematically refute these complaints with textual evidence from Tolkien and other sources, and demonstrate that they are largely silly arguments, often rooted in racism, sexism, and other forms of bigotry.Intro music is 'Who Would Have Thought' by Crowander

The Open Door
Episode 241: Frank Calneggia, author of Assertions and Refutations (August 10, 2022)

The Open Door

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 88:44


Welcome to The Open Door! This week (Aug. 10) we move, virtually, to Australia. We're heading to Perth, the capital of West Australia. We'll discuss theology and philosophy in the context of Catholic life there. Our welcome guest is Frank Calneggia. He's the author of Assertion and Refutation (En Route Books and Media, 2022). In it he challenges another Australian thinker, the theologian Tracey Rowland. On what grounds? Her understanding of natural law, a subject dear to our Thomist hearts. Among the questions we will ask are the following. Please feel free to suggest your own.1. Frank, if we may, could you first tell us a bit about yourself?2. How fares the Church in Australia today? What kind of leader is Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Cardinal George Pell's successor?3. What's the philosophical climate in Catholic educational institutions? Can you give us more background on John Finnis and Peter Singer, two well known Australian philosophers.4. How did you come to lock horns, as it were, with Tracey Rowland? What are some of the chief claims in her influential essay “Natural Law: From Neo Thomism to Nuptial Mysticism” (Communio: Fall, 2008)?5. Can we understand natural law apart from Catholic theology?6. Does St. Paul appeal to natural law in his Epistle to the Romans?7. Just what is natural theology?8. Following St. Thomas Aquinas, the guiding principle of your book is “The study of philosophy does not consist in knowing what others have thought but to know the truth of things.” Why is this principle controversial in our “interesting times”?9. Pilate asks Jesus “What is truth”? How would St. Thomas answer this question?10. You are a keen student of papal encyclicals. The American Solidarity Party is sometimes called “the party that reads the encyclicals.” If there were such a party in Australia how might it challenge status quo politics in your country? https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/assertions-and-refutations/

Author-to-Author
Episode 181: Kiki Latimer interviews Frank Calneggia on his book Assertions and Refutations (July 8, 2022)

Author-to-Author

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 77:26


In this episode of Author to Author, Kiki Latimer interviews Frank Calneggia on his book Assertions and Refutations: An Assessment of Dr Tracey Rowland's Natural Law: From Neo Thomism to Nuptial Mysticism (July 8, 2022) This book unties the philosophical knot of Dr Tracey Rowland's assertions concerning the natural moral law, Faith and reason, nature and grace. To lay bare every bend and twist of this knot and refute Dr Rowland's assertions, Frank Calneggia has quoted extensively from two Vatican Councils; Pope Benedict XVI and seven of his predecessors; St Thomas Aquinas; and a number of the very best twentieth century Thomists.https://enroutebooksandmedia.com/assertions-and-refutations/

Moreh Nevukhim with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at the BAYT
106. Moreh Nevukhim 1:76 - Three "Proofs" for God's Incorporeality and their Refutations with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at Bayt

Moreh Nevukhim with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at the BAYT

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 28:45


106. Moreh Nevukhim 1:76 - Three "Proofs" for God's Incorporeality and their Refutations with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at Bayt

Middle East Centre
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty

Middle East Centre

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 69:57


Professor Joseph Sassoon in conversation with Dr Michael Willis about his recent book, The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty (Allen Lane, Penguin Group, 2022). Emeritus Professor Avi Shlaim joins them. Abstract: The influential merchants of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries shaped the globalization of today. The Sassoons, a Baghdadi-Jewish trading family, built a global trading enterprise by taking advantage of major historical developments during the nineteenth century. Their story is not just one of an Arab Jewish family that settled in India, traded in China, and aspired to be British. It also presents an extraordinary vista into the world in which they lived and prospered economically, politically, and socially. The Global Merchants is not only about their rise, but also about their decline: why it happened, how political and economic changes after the First World War adversely affected them, and finally, how realizing their aspirations to reach the upper echelons of British society led to their disengagement from business and prevented them from adapting to the new economic and political world order. Professor Joseph Sassoon is Director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and Professor of History and Political Economy at Georgetown University. He holds the al-Sabah Chair in Politics and Political Economy of the Arab World. He is also a Senior Associate Member at St Antony's College, Oxford. In 2013, his book Saddam Hussein's Ba‘th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime (Cambridge University Press, 2012) won the prestigious British-Kuwait Prize for the best book on the Middle East. Professor Sassoon completed his Ph.D at St Antony's College, Oxford. He has published extensively on Iraq and its economy and on the Middle East. The Global Merchants is his fifth book. Professor Avi Shlaim is Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College and a former Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His main research interest is the Arab-Israeli conflict. He is author of Collusion across the Jordan: King Abdullah, the Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine (1988); The Politics of Partition (1990 and 1998); War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History (1995); The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World (2000, second edition 2014); Lion of Jordan: King Hussein's Life in War and Peace (2007); and Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations (2009). He is co-editor of The Cold War and the Middle East (1997); The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 (2001, second edition 2007); and The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: Origins and Consequences (2012). Professor Shlaim is a frequent contributor to the newspapers and commentator on radio and television on Middle Eastern affairs. Dr Michael Willis is Director of the Middle East Centre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford and King Mohammed VI Fellow in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies. His research interests focus on the politics, modern history and international relations of the central Maghreb states (Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco). He is the author of Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring (Hurst and Oxford University Press, 2012) and The Islamist Challenge in Algeria: A Political History (Ithaca and New York University Press, 1997) and co-editor of Civil Resistance in the Arab Spring: Triumphs and Disasters (Oxford University Press, 2015).

Söhbətgah
Celal Şengör | Elm nədir? | Təhsil necə inkişaf etməlidir? | Rusiya və biz | Söhbətgah

Söhbətgah

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 78:42


#SöhbətgahTürkiyə-nin ilk qonağı Celal Şengör oldu. Ali Khayyam və Dj.Tural Cəlal Şəngörün qarşısında bir qədər həyəcanlı olsalar da maraqlı söhbət edə bildilər. Siz də bu söhbət haqqında fikirlərinizi şərhlərdə bölüşə bilərsiniz

Increments
#38 (C&R Series, Ch. 2) - Wittgenstein vs Popper

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 63:45


We cover the spicy showdown between the two of the world's most headstrong philosophers: Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper. In a dingy Cambridge classroom Wittgenstein once threatened Popper with a fireplace poker. What led to the disagreement? In this episode, we continue with the Conjectures and Refutations series by analyzing Chapter 2: The Nature of Philosophical Problems And Their Roots In Science, where Popper outlines his agreements and disagreements with Mr. Ludwig Wittgenstein. We discuss: - Are there philosophical problems? - Why are scientific disciplines divided as they are? - How much of philosophy is meaningless pseudo-babble? (Hint: Not none) - Wittgenstein's background and feud between him and Popper - Wittgenstein 1 and 2 (pre and post Tractatus) - The danger of philosophical inbreeding - Two of Popper's examples of philosophical problems: 1. Plato and the Crisis in Early Greek Atomism 2. Immanuel Kant's Problem of Knowledge. - Musica universalis - The Problem of Change - How is knowledge possible? Quotes My first thesis is that every philosophy, and especially every philosophical ‘school', is liable to degenerate in such a way that its problems become practically indistinguishable from pseudo-problems, and its cant, accordingly, practically indistinguishable from meaningless babble. This, I shall try to show, is a consequence of philosophical inbreeding. The degeneration of philosophical schools in its turn is the consequence of the mistaken belief that one can philosophize without having been compelled to philosophize by problems which arise outside philosophy—in mathematics, for example, or in cosmology, or in politics, or in religion, or in social life. In other words my first thesis is this. Genuine philosophical problems are always rooted in urgent problems outside philosophy, and they die if these roots decay. C&R p.95 His question, we now know, or believe we know, should have been: ‘How are successful conjectures possible?' And our answer, in the spirit of his Copernican Revolution, might, I suggest, be something like this: Because, as you said, we are not passive receptors of sense data, but active organisms. Because we react to our environment not always merely instinctively, but sometimes consciously and freely. Because we can invent myths, stories, theories; because we have a thirst for explanation, an insatiable curiosity, a wish to know. Because we not only invent stories and theories, but try them out and see whether they work and how they work. Because by a great effort, by trying hard and making many mistakes, we may sometimes, if we are lucky, succeed in hitting upon a story, an explanation, which ‘saves the phenomena'; perhaps by making up a myth about ‘invisibles', such as atoms or gravitational forces, which explain the visible. Because knowledge is an adventure of ideas. C&R p.128 If you were to threaten us with a common household object, what would it be? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com, or on twitter: @VadenMasrani, @BennyChugg, @IncrementsPod.

Moreh Nevukhim with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at the BAYT
105. Moreh Nevukhim 1:75 - Five 'Proofs' for God's Unity and their Refutations with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at Bayt

Moreh Nevukhim with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at the BAYT

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 34:22


105. Moreh Nevukhim 1:75 - Five 'Proofs' for God's Unity and their Refutations with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin at Bayt

Increments
#33 (C&R Series, Ch. 3) - Instrumentalism and Essentialism

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 40:10


Galileo vs the church - whose side are you on? Today we discuss Chapter 3 of Conjectures and Refutations, Three Views Concerning Human Knowledge. This is a juicy one, as Popper manages to simultaneously attack both philosophers and physicists, as he takes on instrumentalism and essentialism, two alternatives to his 'conjecture and refutation' approach to knowledge. We discuss: The conflict between Galileo and the church What is instrumentalism, and how did it become popular? How instrumentalism is still in vogue in many physics departments The Problem of Universals The essentialist approach to science Stars, air, cells, and lightning "What is" vs "How does" questions The relationship between essentialism and language, and its influence on politics. Viewing words as instruments See More: - Instrumentalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentalism - Essentialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essentialism - The problem of universals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problemofuniversals Quotes: Few if any of the physicists who have now accepted the instrumentalist view of Cardinal Bellarmino and Bishop Berkeley realize that they have accepted a philosophical theory. Nor do they realize that they have broken with the Galilean tradition. On the contrary, most of them think that they have kept clear of philosophy; and most of them no longer care anyway. What they now care about, as physicists, is (a) mastery of the mathematical formalism, i.e. of the instrument, and (b) its applications; and they care for nothing else. -- C&R, Page 134 Thus my criticism of essentialism does not aim at establishing the non-existence of essences; it merely aims at showing the obscurantist character of the role played by the idea of essences in the Galilean philosophy of science (down to Maxwell, who was inclined to believe in them but whose work destroyed this belief). In other words my criticism tries to show that, whether essences exist or not, the belief in them does not help us in any way and indeed is likely to hamper us; so that there is no reason why the scientist should assume their existence. -- C&R, Page 141. But they are more than this, as can be seen from the fact that we submit them to severe tests by trying to deduce from them some of the regularities of the known world of common experience i.e. by trying to explain these regularities. And these attempts to explain the known by the unknown (as I have described them elsewhere) have immeasurably extended the realm of the known. They have added to the facts of our everyday world the invisible air, the antipodes, the circulation of the blood, the worlds of the telescope and the microscope, of electricity, and of tracer atoms showing us in detail the movements of matter within living bodies. All these things are far from being mere instruments: they are witness to the intellectual conquest of our world by our minds. But there is another way of looking at these matters. For some, science is still nothing but glorified plumbing, glorified gadgetmaking—‘mechanics'; very useful, but a danger to true culture, threatening us with the domination of the near-illiterate (of Shakespeare's ‘mechanicals'). It should never be mentioned in the same breath as literature or the arts or philosophy. Its professed discoveries are mere mechanical inventions, its theories are instruments—gadgets again, or perhaps super-gadgets. It cannot and does not reveal to us new worlds behind our everyday world of appearance; for the physical world is just surface: it has no depth. The world is just what it appears to be. Only the scientific theories are not what they appear to be. A scientific theory neither explains nor describes the world; it is nothing but an instrument. -- C&R, Page 137-8. What's the essential nature of this podcast? Tell us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.4 of 8 - 2h31m59s to 3h02m50s (Arguments 120-145)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 65:13


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CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.3 of 8 - 1h55m55s to 2h31m59s (Arguments 88-119)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 70:29


More of the same... __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.5 Of 8 - 3h02m50s To 4h42m39s (Arguments 146 - 245)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 106:23


More of the same... __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.6 Of 8 - 4h42m39s To 5h25m52s (Arguments 246 - 320)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 62:38


Back to the refutation... __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.7 of 8 - 5h25m52s to 6h34m38s (Arguments 321-455)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 72:38


Getting ever closer to the end of this monstrosity... __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.8 of 8 - 6h34m38s to 6h59m18s (Arguments 456-500)-converted

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 82:03


The final push...and it is finished. __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.5a Of 8 - Intermission - St. Anselm's Proslogion Chapters 5 - 9

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 16:33


I have made reference to this passage a couple of times in the course of this series of videos. I said it was from the Meditations but it turns out to have been from the Proslogion. I include it here as an intermission and I hope it will edify all who listen with careful attention and unfeigned faith. __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.2 of 8 - 0h56m19s to 1h55m55s (Arguments 46-87)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 133:01


More of the same. Shooting fish in a barrel turns out to be really, really easy. __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.1 of 8 - 0h04m41s to 0h56m19s (Arguments 1-45)

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 120:42


I have decided to just jump right in at the very beginning of the video that I am refuting (500 Arguments Against Christianity). This entire series will be off-the-cuff and spontaneous with no prior analysis or planning. I'll just be reacting in the moment as I watch the entire 7+ hours of inane nonsense. It will probably take me about a dozen episodes to cover all 500 arguments, so I have made a playlist dedicated to this ongoing series. __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations Ep.0 of 8 - Introduction

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 134:34


Last night while I was interviewing Chad on my livestream he mentioned that Nathan made a response video to my all-in-one refutation of his (and Fodor's) 500 Arguments video. I watched it and will use it as fodder for my introduction to the forthcoming series I will do covering the entire 7+ hour video. This is like shooting fish in a barrel for me, but it may help some listeners who want to shore up their faith in Christ and His Church. If you give this video and those to follow a thumbs down or a negative comment, then you are exactly the sort of person I want to chat with on my livestream. So get in touch to set it up: cvs.podcast@gmail.com __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

CVS Podcast
Refutations - Refuting 500 Arguments Against Christianity

CVS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 8:52


A new subscriber, Jay, reached out by email asking me to refute James Fodor's "500 Arguments Against Christianity" video which was co-hosted by my 2-time guests Nathan Ormond. Nathan was ostensibly Christian the first time I interviewed him, and inordinately Agnostic the second time. God help us all. Fodor's vid: https://youtu.be/Anc_puK9arE Nathan's first interview: https://youtu.be/DwGoWBYh4zM Nathan's second interview: https://youtu.be/oLJtqcV6gLE __________________________________________ https://www.patreon.com/CVS

Increments
#25 - Mathematical Explanation with Mark Colyvan

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 127:37


We often talk of explanation in the context of empirical sciences, but what about explanation in logic and mathematics? Is there such a thing? If so, what does it look like and what are the consequences? In this episode we sit down with professor of philosophy Mark Colyvan and explore How mathematical explanation differs from explanation in the natural sciences Counterfactual reasoning in mathematics Intra versus extra mathematical explanation Alternate logics Mathematical thought experiments The use of probability in the courtroom References: - The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences (https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/papers/wigner.pdf) by Eugene Wigner. - Proofs and Refutations (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofs_and_Refutations#:~:text=Proofs%20and%20Refutations%3A%20The%20Logic,characteristic%20defined%20for%20the%20polyhedron.) by Imre Lakatos. Mark Colyvan (http://www.colyvan.com/) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Sydney, and a visiting professor (and, previously, Humboldt fellow) at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich. He has a wide array of research interests, including the philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of logic, decision theory, environmental philosophy, and ecology. He has authored three books: The Indispensability of Mathematics (Oxford University Press, 2001), Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow (Oxford University Press, 2004, co-authored with Lev Ginzburg), and An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics (Cambridge University Press, 2012). Special Guest: Mark Colyvan.

Increments
# 21 (C&R Series) - The Problem of Induction

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 53:58


After a long digression, we finally return to the Conjectures and Refutations series. In this episode we cover Chapter 1: Science: Conjectures and Refutations. In particular, we focus on one of the trickiest Popperian concepts to wrap one's head around - the problem of induction.  References:Wiki on scientific laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_law - Hume's dialogues concerning natural religion  Proof of the impossibility of probability induction One of the YouTube videos on induction. And in case you were wondering what happened to the two unfalsifiable theories Popper attacks in this chapter, you'll be pleased to know that they have merged into a super theory. We give you Psychoanalytic-Marxism: http://oldsite.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/janmohamed/Psychoanalytic-Marxism.pdf. In other news, we're going to start adding chapters markers to the episodes so that you can skip all the witty repartee at the beginning, should you be disturbed by learning some of our life details.  Sent us your favorite unfalsifiable theory at incrementspodcast@gmail.com!

Mufti Menk
How I deal with refutations - Q&A

Mufti Menk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 2:11


Philosophy on SermonAudio
14 - The Attempted Refutations of Theism (14 of 14)

Philosophy on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 73:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Bahnsen Project is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 14 - The Attempted Refutations of Theism (14 of 14) Subtitle: M. Martin Under the Microscope Speaker: Greg L. Bahnsen Broadcaster: The Bahnsen Project Event: Teaching Date: 12/17/2020 Bible: 1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 2:8 Length: 73 min.

Apologetics on SermonAudio
14 - The Attempted Refutations of Theism (14 of 14)

Apologetics on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 73:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Bahnsen Project is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 14 - The Attempted Refutations of Theism (14 of 14) Subtitle: M. Martin Under the Microscope Speaker: Greg L. Bahnsen Broadcaster: The Bahnsen Project Event: Teaching Date: 12/17/2020 Bible: 1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 2:8 Length: 73 min.

Atheism on SermonAudio
14 - The Attempted Refutations of Theism (14 of 14)

Atheism on SermonAudio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 73:00


A new MP3 sermon from The Bahnsen Project is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: 14 - The Attempted Refutations of Theism (14 of 14) Subtitle: M. Martin Under the Microscope Speaker: Greg L. Bahnsen Broadcaster: The Bahnsen Project Event: Teaching Date: 12/17/2020 Bible: 1 Peter 3:15; Colossians 2:8 Length: 73 min.

Al Madrasatu Al Umariyyah
Know Your Limit: Common Problems With Online Refutations || Ustadh Abdulrahman Hassan || AMAU

Al Madrasatu Al Umariyyah

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 27:03


Sign up at https://www.amauathome.com/ to stay up to date with all of our courses. Respectful Refutations is a short course brought to you by Al Madrasatu Al Umariyyah. With the advent of social media in the 21st Century, we have seen an increase in online abuse. Unfortunately, this abhorrent characteristic has crept into some of the Muslims and sadly, even into those who give da’wah. Join Ustadh Abdulrahman Hassan as he explains the proper manners and etiquettes required from the one who wants to correct his fellow Muslim brother or sister. You can also find us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amauofficial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/almadrasatu... Twitter: https://twitter.com/AMAU2525 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08NJC1p... BarakAllahu feekum. #AMAU #AbdulrahmanHassan #Respect

Never Binge Again(tm)
Refutations Change Lives!

Never Binge Again(tm)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 32:58


The Pig always wins by disguising a BIG LIE in a HALF TRUTH. Real Time Refutations (RTRs) are the one weapon Pig Squeals can’t withstand. RTRs change lives! SCROLL DOWN AND HIT PLAY to hear several exquisite examples of exactly how this works! Then click here to join the LAST live coaching program of the […] The post Refutations Change Lives! appeared first on The Never Binge Again Blog.

Never Binge Again(tm)
Refutations Change Lives!

Never Binge Again(tm)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 32:58


The Pig always wins by disguising a BIG LIE in a HALF TRUTH. Real Time Refutations (RTRs) are the one weapon Pig Squeals can’t withstand. RTRs […] הפוסט Refutations Change Lives! הופיע ראשון בNever Binge Again

The Ardent Archives
On The Incarnation - Discussion 4 (Refutations)

The Ardent Archives

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 32:06


On The Incarnation - Discussion 4 (Refutations) This audio is a production of The Ardent Archives. The Ardent Archives is a ministry of North Clay Baptist Church. For more information, please visit our website at www.northclay.org If you have any questions or comments, you can contact us at podcasts@northclay.org This book is in the public domain and is not copyrighted. You can find a free copy of this book at https://www.monergism.com/incarnation-ebook

Increments
#14 - Prediction, Prophecy, and Fascism

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020 68:11


The third in the Conjectures and Refutations series, we cover Chapter 16: Prediction And Prophecy in the Social Sciences. There's a bit more Hitler stuff in this one than usual (retweets ≠ endorsements), but only because he provides a clear example of the motherlode of all bad ideas - historicism. We discuss:What historicism is and why it sucksPrediction vs prophecyDifferences between the physical sciences and social sciencesThe success of prediction in the physical sciencesThe role of the social sciencesWhat are laws of nature?Plus a little easter egg! As always send us a little sumptin' sumptin' at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.Quotes:"In memory of the countless men, women and children of all creeds or nations or races who fell victims to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny."- Epigraph of The Poverty of Historicism"It was not by mere chance that the first forms of civilisation arose where the Aryan came into contact with inferior races, subjugated them and forced them to obey his command. The members of the inferior race became the first mechanical tools in the service of a growing civilisation. Thereby the way was clearly indicated which the Aryan had to follow.As a conqueror, he subjugated inferior races and turned their physical powers into organised channels under his own leadership, forcing them to follow his will and purpose.By imposing on them a useful, though hard, manner of employing their powers, he not only spared the lives of those whom he had conquered, but probably made their lives easier than they had been in the former state of so-called 'freedom.'" (italics added)- Mein Kampf (The Stalag Edition), Chapter XI: Nation and Race“But it is clear that the adoption of the conspiracy theory can hardly be avoided by those who believe that they know how to make heaven on earth. The only explanation for their failure to produce this heaven is the malevolence of the devil who has a vested interest in hell.”- Conjectures and Refutations, Chapter 16: Prediction and Prophecy in the Social Sciences

Increments
#12 - Public Opinion and Liberal Principles

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 75:27


In the lead up to the American presidential election, one of the largest and most consequential expressions of public opinion, Ben and Vaden do what they always do and ask: "What does Popper say about this?" The second in the Conjectures and Refutations series, we cover Chapter 17: Public Opinion and Liberal Principles. Largely irrelevant and probably unhelpful, we touch A thesis that the far left and right are converging vis-a-vis reactionary politicsThe idea that "truth is manifest", i.e. obvious The role of free speech and diversity of opinionPolitical polarizationLibertarians and their hate of seatbeltsSend us some hate or some love at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. Chapter excerpt:The following remarks were designed to provide material for debate at an international conference of liberals (...). My purpose was simply to lay the foundations for a good general discussion. Because I could assume liberal views in my audience I was largely concerned to challenge, rather than endorse, popular assumptions favourable to these views.

Yasir Qadhi
Library Chats #8 - On Inquisitions and Refutations In Our History

Yasir Qadhi

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 61:59


Yasir Qadhi
Comments on Refutations

Yasir Qadhi

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 57:05


Comments on “Yasir Qadhi Refuting Yasir Qadhi”

Increments
#10 - Tradition

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 87:25


Traditions, what are you good for? Absolutely nothing? In this episode of Increments, Ben and Vaden begin their series on Conjectures and Refutations by looking at the role tradition plays in society, and examine one tradition in particular - the critical tradition. No monkeys were harmed in the making of this episode. References:- C&R, Chapter 4: Towards a Rational Theory of TraditionPodcast shoutout:- Jennifer Doleac and Rob Wiblin on policing, law and incarceration- James Foreman Jr. on the US criminal legal system

Increments
#8 - Philosophy of Probability III: Conjectures and Refutations

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 70:52


On the same page at last! Ben comes to the philosophical confessional to announce his probabilistic sins. The Bayesians will be pissed (with high probability). At least Vaden doesn't make him kiss anything. After too much agreement and self-congratulation, Ben and Vaden conclude the mini-series on the philosophy of probability, and "announce" an upcoming mega-series on Conjectures and Refutations. References:- My Bayesian Enlightenment by Eliezer YudkowskyRationalist community blogs:- Less Wrong- Slate Star Codex- Marginal RevolutionYell at us at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Increments
#6 - Philosophy of Probability I: Introduction

Increments

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 92:39


Don't leave yet - we swear this will be more interesting than it sounds ... ... But a drink will definitely help. Ben and Vaden dive into the interpretations behind probability. What do people mean when they use the word, and why do we use this one tool to describe different concepts. The rowdiness truly kicks in when Vaden releases his pent-up critique of Bayesianism, thereby losing both his friends and PhD position. But at least he's ingratiated himself with Karl Popper. References:SlidesDiversity in Interpretations of Probability: Implications for Weather ForecastingAndrew Gelman, Philosophy and the practice of Bayesian statisticsPopper quote: "Those who identify confirmation with probability must believe that a high degree of probability is desirable. They implicitly accept the rule: ‘Always choose the most probable hypothesis!’ Now it can be easily shown that this rule is equivalent to the following rule: ‘Always choose the hypothesis which goes as little beyond the evidence as possible!’ And this, in turn, can be shown to be equivalent, not only to ‘Always accept the hypothesis with the lowest content (within the limits of your task, for example, your task of predicting)!’, but also to ‘Always choose the hypothesis which has the highest degree of ad hoc character (within the limits of your task)!’" (Conjectures and Refutations p.391) Get in touch at incrementspodcast@gmail.com.

Podcast about Artificial Creativity
15 - Theories of AGI

Podcast about Artificial Creativity

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 124:30


Today I’m speaking with Ella Hoeppner. Ella is a software engineer and independent AGI researcher. We’ve been discussing all things AGI for a while now and I wanted to have her on the podcast to present her theory of AGI and also to discuss a disagreement we’ve had about the role of replicators in any theory of AGI. Since we both spend a fair amount of time criticizing each other’s theories, you may get more out of this episode if you familiarize yourself with my neo-Darwinian theory of the mind first, which I have laid out both on Christofer Lovgren’s podcast and in my book, A Window on Intelligence (links below). That being said, it’s certainly not required, I think you’ll get a lot out of this episode either way. Ella and I also briefly touch on conventional, narrow-AI research, the role of neuroscience, and the hard problem of consciousness. I even catch myself having changed my mind on the urgency with which we should pursue whole-brain emulation in addition to explaining creativity. I’ve said in the past that there are maybe a handful of people in the world who work on AGI whose approach has not been refuted, and Ella is one of them. And so with that, Ella is going to give us a glimpse into how the mind may work. References: - Ella's information: https://www.ellahoeppner.com (includes posts on CTP theory), https://twitter.com/ella_hoeppner, ellahoeppner@gmail.com - Simulated annealing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_annealing - The "neo-Darwinian theory of the mind": https://soundcloud.com/doexplain/11-a-window-on-intelligence-with-dennis-hackethal or https://www.windowonintelligence.com/ - David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity": https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Infinity-Explanations-Transform-World/dp/0143121359/ - Karl Popper's "Conjectures and Refutations": https://www.amazon.com/Conjectures-Refutations-Scientific-Knowledge-Routledge/dp/0415285941/ - Karl Popper's "Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach": https://www.amazon.com/Objective-Knowledge-Evolutionary-Karl-Popper/dp/0198750242/ - Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene": https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Landmark-Paperback/dp/B0722G5V92

Art Practical Audio
Notes from MoAD: Episode 11 with Sydney Cain and PJ Gubatina Policarpio

Art Practical Audio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2020 57:34


This is Notes from MoAD: Emerging Artists and Critic Series, dedicated to the Museum of African Diaspora’s 2018-20 Emerging Artist Program. In this episode, visual artist Sydney Cain and curator/organizer PJ Gubatina Policarpio meditate on the vision and process that inspire Cain’s upcoming show "Refutations" at Museum of African Diaspora. Cain, a third-generation San Franciscan, talks about living and making art in the city, reclaiming its Black past, present, and future. "Refutations" is an ongoing body of work exploring ancestral memory and the power of Black myth. The project includes various multimedia series of artwork, publications, and exhibitions emerging from personal genealogy research alongside process documentation through photography and drawing. Through play between ephemerality and figurative representation, Cain teases resistance against erasure while also celebrating metamorphoses that occur in the voids of invisibility. The work is an exploration in the perimeters of both existing and not existing through imaginative landscapes. Due to the current world health crisis, the Museum of the African Diaspora is currently closed. They are closely monitoring the changing status of COVID-19 and taking the necessary steps to reduce the spread of the coronavirus disease. All exhibitions have been postponed until further notice including "Sydney Cain: Refutations." For all updates on openings, please visit www.moadsf.org or follow MoAD on social media @moadsf.

Mind Heist Podcast
EP 54 - Online Controversies & Public Refutations

Mind Heist Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 85:15


This week we discuss recent controversies online, du'at refuting each other and how we think about these situations. Leave us a great review if you're enjoying the show too! All links to contact/follow us: mindheistpodcast.com Email: mindheistpodcast@gmail.com Anonymous Questions: curiouscat.me/mindheistpod Twitter/Instagram: @mindheistpod @akhitweet Sponsored by www.purexi.com and www.seeramasters.com Stay blessed! 

Alpha and Omega Ministries
Two Refutations: Eric Mason (First Hour), Jeffrey Riddle (Last Half Hour)

Alpha and Omega Ministries

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 86:00


As was needed I responded to the slanderous misuse of a video clip by Eric Mason, author of Woke Church, for the first hour or so today, including the playing of the entire context from the July 26, 2016 Dividing Line from which he took his clip. A wide ranging discussion about the woke church, critical theory, identity politics, and the degradation of reason and communication in the church today. Then we looked at the -challenge- Dr. Riddle posted on Tuesday and discussed how Riddle's diminishment of the importance and value of the -vaunted papyri- in his service of the TR can be validly used against any proper defense of the NT that we would present today. Just under 90 minutes today, and we plan on doing another program tomorrow, same time.

Podcast about Artificial Creativity
11 Sam Harris And Judea Pearl

Podcast about Artificial Creativity

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2019 14:20


References: “Making Sense” podcast episode with Sam Harris and Judea Pearl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNDvhFbMD0s Popper, “Objective Knowledge” - Chapter 1 “Conjectural Knowledge: My Solution of the Problem of Induction” - Chapter 7 “Evolution and the Tree of Knowledge” Popper, “Conjectures and Refutations”, chapter 1 “Science: Conjectures and Refutations” David Deutsch, “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapter 2 “Closer to Reality”

Podcast about Artificial Creativity

Further reading: David Deutsch: “The Beginning of Infinity”, chapter 1, “The Reach of Explanations” Karl Popper: - On verisimilitude: “Conjectures and Refutations”, chapter “Truth, Rationality, and the Growth of Knowledge”, section “Truth and Content: Verisimilitude versus Probability” - On the conflation of probability and verisimilitude: “Back to the Presocratics” - On problems with verisimilitude: “Objective Knowledge” appendix 2

Ilmstitute Radio
Imam Initiative [Ep.12]: Faruq Post (Pt.4): "Politics, Refutations, Dawah"

Ilmstitute Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2019 20:27


Please support Ilmstitute: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ilmstitute GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/ilmstitute PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/ilmstitute Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brothersaajid Twitter: https://twitter.com/saajidlipham Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilmstitute/

Kalam Falsfa كلام فلسفة
EP49: Falsificationism: Conjectures and Refutations قابلية النفي: التخمين والدحض

Kalam Falsfa كلام فلسفة

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2019


"من أهم الاسباب اللى بنبحث من أجلها عن نظرية للطريقة العلمية هو رغبتنا في إيجاد مبرر إن كانت المعرفة العلمية مبررة، و أيه هي حدودها بالضبط. الفكرة اللى تبعيتها هتكون مهمة في كافة مناحي الحياة، هل هناك خطورة في تناول دواء ما؟ هل هناك آثار جانبية لرش مبيدات معينة على المحاصيل؟ .. هل من الممكن وضع بشر على متن سفينة فضائية؟ .. وغيرها من الاسئلة اللى الاجابة عنها بتتطلب تفسير لنتائج النظريات العلمية، وتبرير صحة المعرفة العلمية المكتسبة. كارل بوبر هو تقريبا الفيلسوف الوحيد اللي هنقاش أعمالة في سلسلة فلسفة العلم و بيعتبر من قبل كثير من العلماء بطل أسطوري! ! ودلوقتى .. فكر للحظات .. ليه يا ترى عندك ثقة فى الاكل اللى بتاكله مش هيضرك؟ .. أو الدواء هيساعدك على الشفاء؟ .. أو يمكن القفز من النافذة هيقضي على حياتك؟ .. هل ياترى تكرارية توابع التجربة في الماضي كافي لضمان تكرارها في المستقبل؟ .. وهل التأكيد فعلا له وجود في الحصول على المعرفة العلمية؟ .. أم إن النفي هو جوهر الثقة في معرفتنا العلمية؟ .. وأفضل نظريتنا العلمية ماهي إلا تخمينات لم تنفي بعد! .. فكر تاني" Continue reading →

The Mad Mamluks
EP 096: A Question of Heaven: The Apologetics | Bassam Zawadi

The Mad Mamluks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2018 108:42


On this week's episode, we talk to Bassam Zawadi who is known for his writings, debates, and lectures on answering some of the toughest questions regarding the Islamic belief to Muslims. Hosts: Mahin, Sh. Amir and SIM Resources: www.Call-To-Monotheism.com List of Bassam Zawadi's Refutations and Rebuttals How to Debate for Muslims by Bassam Zawadi ==================== E-mail us your comments, feedback, and questions at TheMadMamluks@gmail.com Twitter: @TheMadMamluks Facebook: www.facebook.com/themadmamluks Instagram: TheMadMamluks  

Lectures on Transcendence
Bhagavata Prameya, Part 10, Anu 38

Lectures on Transcendence

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2016 41:52


Lecture given by Dulal Chandra dasa on July 7th, 2016 at Gaura Radha-Madhava's Ashrama, Saragrahi; Bhagavata Prameya, Part 10, Anu 38 Anuccheda 38: Refutations of Pratibimba-vāda and Paricheda-vāda (if Upadhis are REAL)

Lectures on Tattva Sandarbha
Tattva Sandarbha, Anuccheda 38, Bhagavata Prameya, Part 10

Lectures on Tattva Sandarbha

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2016 41:52


Lecture given by Dulal Chandra dasa on July 7th, 2016 at Gaura Radha-Madhava's Ashrama, Saragrahi; Bhagavata Prameya, Part 10, Anu 38 Anuccheda 38: Refutations of Pratibimba-vāda and Paricheda-vāda (if Upadhis are REAL)

Free Will, Science, and Religion
156. Video Refutations of Free Will

Free Will, Science, and Religion

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016


Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, Mitch J, and Wsdtime talk about some of the videos available on the internet that refute free will. In recent times, more and more scientists are bringing the free will topic out of philosophy into the public knowledge....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Free Will, Science, and Religion
132. Different Refutations of Free Will

Free Will, Science, and Religion

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2016


Chandler Klebs and George Ortega explain why we don't have free will/free choice. The Hedonic Imperative, Determinism, Indeterminism, and the messages that influence us subconsciously are great ways of understanding human behavior....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, Thumbnail, VBR MP3

Devchat.tv Master Feed
124 iPS Siesta with Paul Cantrell

Devchat.tv Master Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2015 61:35


01:19 - Paul Cantrell Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Bust Out Solutions 01:41 - Siesta 07:31 - Is Siesta a specialized tool? 09:06 - Defining REST 10:35 - How Siesta Works 20:26 - Why use Siesta? 27:57 - Conversion 32:44 - Handling Requests 34:09 - Observers 35:51 - Checking 41:44 - Storing Resources, Caching 45:11 - Readability Picks Siesta README (Jaim) Standing Up (Chuck) SmartCells Anti-Fatigue Comfort Mat (Chuck) Lifehacker Ikea Standing Desk (Chuck) Periscope (Chuck) Katch (Chuck) The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique (Paul) Alexandros Salazar: The Ghost of Swift Bugs Future (Paul) 99% Invisible Episode #52: Galloping Gertie (Paul) Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery by Imre Lakatos (Paul)

The iPhreaks Show
124 iPS Siesta with Paul Cantrell

The iPhreaks Show

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2015 61:35


01:19 - Paul Cantrell Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Bust Out Solutions 01:41 - Siesta 07:31 - Is Siesta a specialized tool? 09:06 - Defining REST 10:35 - How Siesta Works 20:26 - Why use Siesta? 27:57 - Conversion 32:44 - Handling Requests 34:09 - Observers 35:51 - Checking 41:44 - Storing Resources, Caching 45:11 - Readability Picks Siesta README (Jaim) Standing Up (Chuck) SmartCells Anti-Fatigue Comfort Mat (Chuck) Lifehacker Ikea Standing Desk (Chuck) Periscope (Chuck) Katch (Chuck) The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique (Paul) Alexandros Salazar: The Ghost of Swift Bugs Future (Paul) 99% Invisible Episode #52: Galloping Gertie (Paul) Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery by Imre Lakatos (Paul)

Free Will, Science, and Religion
109. How atheist refutations of God and compatibilist defenses of free will are similar

Free Will, Science, and Religion

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2015


Chandler Klebs, George Ortega, and wsdtime talk about the omni attributes which are usually assigned to God in monotheistic religions. George reinterprets these terms to make the case that God is the same thing as the Universe....This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Columbia Peaks, Essentia High GZ, Essentia Low GZ, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, Spectrogram, VBR MP3

Exploring the Illusion of Free Will
114. Different Definitions of Free Will; Different Refutations

Exploring the Illusion of Free Will

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2014


In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on 03/07/13, producer George Ortega presents and refutes various free will defenses..This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

Exploring the Illusion of Free Will
110. Review of Free Will Refutations

Exploring the Illusion of Free Will

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2014


In this episode of Exploring the Illusion of Free Will, recorded on 02/21/13, producer George Ortega reviews various ways free will can be refuted..This item has files of the following types: Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, Metadata, Ogg Vorbis, PNG, VBR MP3

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
PREVIEW-Episode 82: Karl Popper on Science

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2013 30:18


On Popper's Conjectures and Refutations (1963), the first three essays. What is science, and how is it different than pseudo-science? From philosophy? Is philosophy just pseudo-science, or proto-science, or what? Popper thinks that all legitimate inquiry is about solving real problems, and scientific theories are those that are potentially falsifiable: they make definitely predictions about the world that, if these fail to be true, would show that the theory is false. Looking for the full Citizen version?

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Precognition of Ep. 82: Popper

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2013 13:10


A summary of the first three essays in Karl Popper's collection Conjectures and Refutations, read by Dylan Casey.

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Idealisms and their refutations

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2011 42:43


Lecture 5/8. The very possibility of self-awareness (an "inner sense" with content) requires an awareness of an external world by way of "outer sense". Only through awareness of stable elements in the external world is self-consciousness possible.

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Idealisms and their refutations

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2011 42:43


Lecture 5/8. The very possibility of self-awareness (an "inner sense" with content) requires an awareness of an external world by way of "outer sense". Only through awareness of stable elements in the external world is self-consciousness possible.